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Geog 1.3

The diagram shows a sketch of an upland area near a plate boundary. It depicts a fold mountain and different rock types including sedimentary rock and igneous rock. The key features indicate it is located along a destructive/convergent plate boundary as shown by the presence of a fold mountain and sedimentary rock layers. Tourism could develop at the igneous rock location due to features like a volcano but it also poses dangers like volcanic eruptions due to being near the unstable plate boundary.

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Geog 1.3

The diagram shows a sketch of an upland area near a plate boundary. It depicts a fold mountain and different rock types including sedimentary rock and igneous rock. The key features indicate it is located along a destructive/convergent plate boundary as shown by the presence of a fold mountain and sedimentary rock layers. Tourism could develop at the igneous rock location due to features like a volcano but it also poses dangers like volcanic eruptions due to being near the unstable plate boundary.

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The diagram below shows a sketch of an upland area near a plate boundary.

(a) Name the endogenetic (internal) processes which occurred in the area. (3)
- Folding
- Faulting
- Vulcanicity

(b) (i) Along which type of plate boundary is this upland region found? (1)
Destructive / convergent

(ii) Give two pieces of evidence from the sketch to support your answer in (bi). (2)
- Presence of a fold mountain
- Sedimentary rock layers

(c) Name the rock found at P and Q.


P: Sedimentary rock
Q: Igneous rock

(d) What are the favourable conditions for developing tourism in Q? (2)
- Volcano as a scenic spot
- Geopark / eco-tourism (different types of rocks)
- Fold mountain as a scenic spot
(e) Explain why it is dangerous to settle in Q. (1)
- High possibility of hazards (e.g. volcanic eruption)
- Close to plate boundary  unstable

Destructive plate boundaries

1. Continent-continent
Example: Alpine-Himalayan Belt (Eurasian plate & Indo-Australian plate)

(a) Fold mountain


- Sediments on continents are washed down and deposited along the coast.
- Sediments are compacted into sedimentary rock.
- (Destructive plate boundary)
- Neither of them could subduct (as both plates are light)
- Folding up of sedimentary rocks  Fold mountains
- Characteristics of fold mountains: keep growing / unstable, very tall, rugged /
steep, formed by sedimentary rocks, along the coast and plate boundaries,
parallel ridges
- Examples:
The Himalayas (Eurasian plate & Indo-Australian plate)
The Andes (South American plate & Nazca plate)
The Rockies (North American plate & Pacific plate)
The Alps (African plate & Eurasian plate)

2. Ocean-ocean
Example: Circum-Pacific Belt (Eurasian plate & Philippine plate)

(a) Ocean trench


- (Destructive plate boundary)
- Oceanic plate is subducted.
- A long trough is produced.  Ocean trench (the deepest part of the ocean)

(b) Volcanic island arcs


- (Destructive plate boundary)
- Cracks develop in the plates.
- Magma under high pressure is ejected through the cracks to the earth’s surface
(extrusive vulcanicity)  submarine volcano
- Repeated eruptions  volcanic island
- Volcanic island arc (a chain of volcanic islands) (e.g. Japan, Taiwan, the
Philippines, Indonesia)

3. Continent-ocean
Example: North American plate & Pacific plate
Constructive plate boundaries

Examples
1. Mid-Atlantic zone (African plate & South American plate)
2. Mid-Indian zone (African plate & Indo-Australian plate)
3. Antarctic zone (Antarctic plate & Indo-Australian plate)
4. South-east Pacific zone (Nazca plate & Pacific plate)

(a) Mid-oceanic ridge


- (Constructive plate boundary)
- New rocks accumulate and pile up  mid-oceanic ridge
- Transform faulting (horizontal displacement of rocks caused by the presence
of cracks in rocks)

(b) Rift valley


- (Constructive plate boundary)
- New rocks accumulate and pile up  mid-oceanic ridge
- Normal faulting (vertical displacement of rocks caused by the presence of
cracks in rocks)
- Central block sinks to form a flat bottom (rift valley)

(c) Volcanic islands


- (Constructive plate boundary)
- Cracks develop in the plates.
- Magma under high pressure is ejected through the cracks to the earth’s surface
(extrusive vulcanicity)  submarine volcano
- Repeated eruptions  volcanic island
(a) (i) Pacific Plate

(ii) - oceanic plate


- forms the ocean floor
- high density
- low thickness / thin

(b) (i) X: C, Y: B, Z: A

(ii)
A B
Type of plate boundary divergent transform
Destruction or New crust is formed No crust is destroyed or
formation of crust created
Internal processes Volcanism, reverse faulting Shear(ing) faulting
Plate movement Plates diverge from each Plates slide past each other
other
Landform features Volcano, rift valley, mid- Fault
oceanic ridge

(c) (i) The Andes

(ii) – tall
- Made of sedimentary rocks
- Keep growing
- Parallel ridges
- Compressional force
- Folding

(iv) – tsunami / earthquake


- Volcanic eruption
- Landslide
1. World map (names of plates and plate boundaries)
2. Plate movement (convergent, divergent, conservative)
3. Internal forces (compressional, tensional, shearing)
4. Internal processes (folding, faulting, volcanism)
5. Landform features (formation, examples, characteristics)

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