Bricks 1 chapter 3

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

3 Earthquakes and volcanoes

Natural disasters

Natural disasters

Natural disasters

Natural disasters

Natural disasters

Natural disasters

moving plates

Divergent:
Plates are moving away from 

each other

Convergent: 
Plates move towards each other

Transform:
Plates move along each other 

Fold mountains

Earthquakes

Fold mountains

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Trench

Subduction

Island arcs

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Trench

Subduction

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Horst and graben

Fould blocks

Mid oceanic ridge

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Earthquakes

Earthquakes

Earthquakes

Oceanic

Oceanic

Oceanic

Plate tectonics and its effects

3.3 Earthquakes

Earthquakes

• Epicenter 
• Hypocenter

Volcanoes and earthquakes

Why do earthquakes occur in Turkey?

EARTHQUAKES IN THE NETHERLANDS

Richter Scale

You can explain how the  Richter scale works.

1.0 ... 2.0 ... 3.0 ... 4.0

x10  - x10 -  x10