UK GCSE · Geography
Tectonics, Rivers and Coasts
12 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.
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All 12 questions
- What is the name of the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core?
- What happens at a destructive plate margin?
- Why are earthquakes common along the San Andreas fault?
- Which type of volcano has gentle slopes and runny lava?
- Which is a primary effect of an earthquake?
- What is the name of the process by which rivers wear away their bed and banks?
- Which landform is found in the upper course of a river?
- What causes a waterfall to form?
- Which is a hard engineering method for coastal protection?
- What is longshore drift?
- What is the main cause of coastal erosion by hydraulic action?
- What is the name of the feature formed when a headland is eroded to leave a rock standing in the sea?
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