Restless Earth Essay

725 Words3 Pages
The Restless Earth – Question 1 Describe the difference between oceanic & continental crust (4) Describe what happens at a destructive plate boundary (or constructive, conservative) (4) Explain the formation of Fold Mountains (8) With reference to a case study, describe how humans use Fold Mountains (6) Describe the differences between shield & composite volcanoes (6) Explain how one type of volcano is formed (4) Describe the effects of a volcanic eruption in two contrasting parts of the world (8) With reference to your studies, describe the immediate & long term responses to a volcanic eruption (8) Describe in detail two methods of monitoring volcanoes (6) What is a super volcano? (4) Describe the likely impacts of a super volcanic eruption (6) Explain how the responses to an earthquake can differ in richer and poorer parts of the world (8) Describe how we can measure earthquakes (4) Explain how the effects of earthquakes can be minimised (8) Describe how a tsunami is created (6) Using an example, describe the effects of a tsunami (6) Water on the Land – Question 5 State the 4 types of river erosion (4) Identify the 4 ways sediment in a river is transported (4) Explain how human & physical factors can affect the discharge of a river (6) Explain reasons why a storm hydrograph may have a short lag time (4) Explain how a floodplain is formed (6) Explain the formation of a waterfall & gorge (8) With the aid of diagrams, explain how levees are formed (8) Explain the formation of an ox-bow lake (6) Explain how the features of a meander are formed (6) Describe how the long profile of the river changes downstream (4) Using an example of a flood in a richer part of the world, describe its social & economic effects (8) Explain how the effects of flooding can be worse in poorer parts of
Open Document