geo earthquakes,volcanoes and rivers(igcse cambridge)

Volcanoes there are 4 differnt volcanoes
1. Cinder cone volcano
  1. simplest type , Lava blown violently into the air, not tall volcanoes
2. Composite Volcano
  1. allsow called Strato volcano, highly explosive and isa tall, big mountin
3. Shield Volcano
  1. thin lava, looks like a shield, grow slowly in high but growes in diamiter , not explosvie
4. Lava Domes
  1. thick lava , flow very far , aggresive exolate, explod´s violetly with hot rocks and ash
5. volcanosés key words
Earthquake
1. mesure ment
  1. Richter scale: Magnitude 1-10
  2. Mercallin scale: Intensitive 1-12
2. 3 way movement
  1. Apart
  2. together
  3. sliding over the persific continental crust
3. couses of plate movement
  1. Constructive
    1. produces more land (can make volcanoes)
  2. Conservative
    1. Sliding past each other ( will make earthquackes)
  3. Destructive
    1. sliding persific plate under the land plate that will destroy land (can couse earthquackes and volcanoes)
  4. Coillision Zone
    1. 2 land plates pressing against each other ( creating mountins and volcanoes
Facts about the ring of fire
1. 40,000km long line
2. 452 volanoes
3. has the shape of a horse shoe
Rivers

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