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Unit 4: Earth hazards and climate change
Quick questions on Plate tectonics and plate boundaries: WACE Year 12 Earth and Environmental Science
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Plate tectonics explains why hazards are not spread evenly. Volcanoes and earthquakes concentrate in narrow belts along plate boundaries, above all around the Pacific Ring of Fire, where subduction is widespread. Mid-ocean ridges add a belt of gentle volcanism and shallow quakes, and transform faults add belts of strong earthquakes.
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