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Geography at key stage 3    (Year 7)

Unit 2: The restless earth - earthquakes and volcanoes

QCA

Language for learning

Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly words relating to:

  • tectonic activity, eg volcano, earthquake, vent, magma, lava, igneous, active, dormant, extinct, natural hazard, crust, friction
  • development, eg more economically developed country, less economically developed country, cause, effect, evacuation, migration

Speaking and listening - through the activities pupils could:

  • identify the main points of a task, TV programme, etc

Reading - through the activities pupils could:

  • follow the sequence of actions, processes or ideas being described

Writing - through the activities pupils could:

  • introduce, develop and conclude pieces of writing appropriately
  • use capital letters, full stops, exclamation and question marks correctly

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. What do we already know about earthquakes and volcanoes?
2. Where do earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
3. What are volcanoes?
4. What happens when a volcano erupts? Do volcanic eruptions have the same impact in different places?
5. What happens in an earthquake?
6. How can language be used to evoke emotion?
7. What happened in the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan?
8. How can people try to minimise the effects of earthquakes?
9. Why do people choose to live in active zones?
10. What is the role of aid agencies in LEDCs?