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B6 Managing Hazards	Tectonics 1 - types of plate boundary
Chapter 6  pages 120-125	Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren, published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
6.1 The characteristic features of the four main plate boundaries and their distribution.
students should - Map the global distribution of volcanic and earthquake activity. Describe the characteristic features of the major plate boundaries and the effects of their movement.
Hazards - types of plate boundary   (2 lessons)	The structure of the Earth Types of plate boundary   1. Convergent or destructive margins   a. Ocean - continent margin b. Ocean - ocean margin c. Continental - continental margin 2. Divergent or constructive margins               3. Conservative or transform margins                         Global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes     USGS plate tectonics Plate tectonics.com
Tectonics 1 plate boundaries Tectonics 2 MEDC earthquake- Kobe Tectonics 3 LEDC volcano - Pinatubo   GCSE home