Cambridge AS & A Level Geography
9.1Earthquake and volcanic hazards and impacts
Earthquake and volcanic hazards and impacts in Cambridge AS & A Level Geography: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 9.1.1Describe the global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes and the related plate boundaries.
- 9.1.2Explain the severity, hazards, vulnerability and impacts of earthquakes.
- 9.1.3Explain volcano formation, types, eruption styles, hazards, the VEI, vulnerability and impacts.
- 9.1.4Evaluate prediction, risk perception, design and planning, and emergency response and recovery.
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Earthquakes: distribution, hazards and impacts
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Managing earthquake and volcanic hazards
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Volcanoes: types, hazards and impacts
40 min
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