Cambridge AS & A Level Geography
3.1Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics 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.
- 3.1.1Compare continental and oceanic plates and describe plate movement.
- 3.1.2Explain continental drift, geological and fossil evidence, sea-floor spreading and palaeomagnetism, convection currents, slab pull and ridge push.
- 3.1.3Describe the global distribution of divergent, convergent (destructive), collision and conservative plate boundaries.
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Plate tectonics: plates, evidence and driving forces
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