AQA GCSE Geography · 8035
Specification 3.1.1.2 · Paper 1
Revise: Plate Tectonics and Plate MarginsPlate tectonics explains how this movement changes Earth’s surface and produces earthquakes and volcanic activity.
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GCSE Geography · key term
The theory that Earth’s rigid outer layer is divided into plates which move relative to one another, creating and destroying crust and causing earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Used by AQA and OCR
Specification 3.1.1.2 · Paper 1
Revise: Plate Tectonics and Plate MarginsPlate tectonics explains how this movement changes Earth’s surface and produces earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Specification 1.2a · Paper 1, Paper 3
The movement and interaction of the large plates that make up the Earth's lithosphere.
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