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Knowledge Builder: Geography The Restless Earth Year 9 | Autumn Term
The BBC made an excellent film in conjunction with the US Geological survey about the likely event that would happen if Yellowstone supervolcano erupted today:
The BBC made an excellent film in conjunction with the US Geological surveyaboutthe likely event that would happen if Yellowstone supervolcano erupted today.
Want to know more about plate tectonics and see what GCSE students need
to understand:
Want to know more about plate tectonics and see what GCSE students need to understand.
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Basalt is a rock that is usually found on ocean floors and
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volcanoes at a constructive plate boundaries.
noes at a constructive plate boundaries.
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Andersite is a rock that is usually found on high mountain
rsite is a rock that is usually found on high mountain
ranges such as the Andes in South America and is formed by
es such as the Andes in South America and is formed by
erupted sticky lava from explosive composite volcanoes at
ted sticky lava from explosive composite volcanoes at
destructive plate boundaries.
ructive plate boundaries
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lithosphere
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The rocky outer part of the Earth. It is made up of the brittle
rocky outer part of the Earth. It is made up of the brittle
crust and the top part of the upper mantle.
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The mechanically weak and ductile region of the upper
mechanically weak and ductile region of the upper
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