Geomorphic Hazards intro

A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving towards each other

• Convergent Plate

• Divergent Plate

• Lithosphere

• Epicentre

The laying down of material carried by rivers, wind, ice and ocean currents

or waves

• erosion

• deposition

• hotspot

• tectonic plate

A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other

• hotspot

• fault

• convergent plate

• divergent plate

the point on the Earth’s surface above the focus of an earthquake

• hotspot

• mantle

• epicentre

• seismic waves

The wearing away and removal of soil and rock by natural elements

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• natural hazard

An area on the Earth’s surface that has a fracture, along which the rocks have been displaced (moved)

• epicentre

• divergent plate

• mantle

• fault

Describes a process of change that occurs in the lithosphere

• natural hazard

• hotspot

• seismic wave

• Geomorphic

An area on the Earth’s surface where the crust is quite thin, and volcanic activity can sometimes occur

• fault

• epicentre

• hotspot

• tectonic plate

Name for the Earth’s crust, including landforms, rocks and soil

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core

• lithosphere

• fault

• epicentre

• mantle