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Year 9 Unit 1 Our Restless Planet
Year 9 Unit 1 Our Restless Planet
Year 9 Unit 1 Our Restless Planet
This unit will last until ½ term
It will include the following important questions:
This unit will last until ½ term
It will include the following important questions:
This unit will last until ½ term
It will include the following important questions:
What is the earth made from?
What are tectonic plates?
How do tectonic plates move?
What types of plate boundary are there?
What is an earthquake?
How do we measure earthquakes?
What harm can earthquakes do?
How did a recent earthquake affect a poorer country?
What is a tsunami?
What is a volcano?
What is it like living with an active volcano?
How do humans cope with volcanoes and earthquakes?
What is the earth made from?
What are tectonic plates?
How do tectonic plates move?
What types of plate boundary are there?
What is an earthquake?
How do we measure earthquakes?
What harm can earthquakes do?
How did a recent earthquake affect a poorer country?
What is a tsunami?
What is a volcano?
What is it like living with an active volcano?
How do humans cope with volcanoes and
earthquakes?
What is the earth made from?
What are tectonic plates?
How do tectonic plates move?
What types of plate boundary are there?
What is an earthquake?
How do we measure earthquakes?
What harm can earthquakes do?
How did a recent earthquake affect a poorer country?
What is a tsunami?
What is a volcano?
What is it like living with an active volcano?
How do humans cope with volcanoes and
earthquakes?
And if we have time…….
Whey do people live in a danger zone?
Does Britain get earthquakes?
And if we have time…….
Whey do people live in a danger zone?
Does Britain get earthquakes?
Key words to learn:
Key words to learn:
Crust, mantle, core, oceanic crust, continental crust,
granite, basalt, trench, lithosphere, convection
current; earthquake, volcano, plate, lithosphere,
convection current, Ring of Fire; plate, magma, fold
mountain; earthquake, seismic wave, focus,
epicentre, aftershocks, seismometer, magnitude,
Richter scale, tsunami, aid agencies, earthquakeproof, earthquake-resistant, volcano, lava, viscous,
vent, magma chamber, volcanic gas, pyroclastic flow,
mudflow, crater; island arc, vulcanologists, monitor,
safe zone, colony; short-term, long-term, aid
agencies, emergency, local, national, international,
tourism, geysers, fumaroles, geothermal energy,
fossil fuels
Crust, mantle, core, oceanic crust, continental crust,
granite, basalt, trench, lithosphere, convection current;
earthquake, volcano, plate, lithosphere, convection
current, Ring of Fire; plate, magma, fold mountain;
earthquake, seismic wave, focus, epicentre,
aftershocks, seismometer, magnitude, Richter scale,
tsunami, aid agencies, earthquake-proof, earthquakeresistant, volcano, lava, viscous, vent, magma
chamber, volcanic gas, pyroclastic flow, mudflow,
crater; island arc, vulcanologists, monitor, safe zone,
colony; short-term, long-term, aid agencies,
emergency, local, national, international, tourism,
geysers, fumaroles, geothermal energy, fossil fuels
And if we have time…….
Whey do people live in a danger zone?
Does Britain get earthquakes?
Key words to learn:
Crust, mantle, core, oceanic crust, continental crust,
granite, basalt, trench, lithosphere, convection current;
earthquake, volcano, plate, lithosphere, convection
current, Ring of Fire; plate, magma, fold mountain;
earthquake, seismic wave, focus, epicentre,
aftershocks, seismometer, magnitude, Richter scale,
tsunami, aid agencies, earthquake-proof, earthquakeresistant, volcano, lava, viscous, vent, magma chamber,
volcanic gas, pyroclastic flow, mudflow, crater; island
arc, vulcanologists, monitor, safe zone, colony; shortterm, long-term, aid agencies, emergency, local,
national, international, tourism, geysers, fumaroles,
geothermal energy, fossil fuels