Re: Edexcel Geography Unit 4 Tectonic activity & Hazards (2016)

Seen a couple potential questions on here, does anyone else have any that their teachers have given for report titles?

These are what my teacher has given us:
- evaluate the role of volcanic and seismic processes in creating a range of distinctive landscapes over time
- explain why tectonic processes produce a variety of contrasting landscapes at different scales
- asses to what extent tectonic processes play a major role in he global distribution of distinctive landscapes
- asses the reasons why distinctive landscapes are formed in areas of tectonic activity

These aren't to dissimilar to the 2011 paper

Asked my teacher and she said try not to remove any case studies there is no chance I can mention 9 with a few diagrams in 50 mins main section part!!!!

Which ones does everyone recommend I remove whilst still having balance?

Extrusive- Mauna Loa, Yellowstone, Soufriere Hills, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Intrusive- Dartmoor Batholith, Northumbria Sills, Volcanic Plug Edinburgh
Fold- Himalayas
Fault- East Africa Rift Valley

If they ask to what extent, how would you do this? Thanks 😀

asses to what extent tectonic processes play a major role in he global distribution of distinctive landscapes - how would you structure this?

You don't need to write about 9 case studies specifically, I did several mocks with 4 in each report and managed to get high A's/A* in both, you need to have around 6 which you can adapt to the potential report titles we may be given. I would practice doing this a couple time (brainstorm not write full report). I'm focusing on the West coast USA (San Andreas, mt St. Helens and Yellowstone), Hawaii, isle of Arran, Iceland and African rift.

The USA has 3 sub sections but depending on the question I would probably only write about two with continuous evaluation and interlinking case studies

A lot of the questions we could be given can be bent around most case studies, you've just got to ensure that the evaluation justifies why you may have taken and alternate view on the question. It's all valid if it makes sense and in the end you can answer the report title.

Hope this helps

would you split this report into locational sections, intrusive/extrusive or boundary type?

I focus on locations and explain witin the case study why each area has that landform due to the boundary, intrusive or extrusive activity

one good way is evaluating your methodology in the conclusion, so if your research process was difficult?, what were the strengths and weaknesses?, one evaluating point could be that finding case studies on volcanic activity is limited. This is because volcanic landscapes form for over long periods of time therefore there aren't many recent case studies, whereas its not the case for seismic. As seismic are much more frequent and can impact the land formation in a matter of seconds this happens along the SA fault as rivers/streams start to offset as a result of tectonic activity, or in china the Sichuan earthquake created over 30
quake lakes.
hope this helps

I focus on locations and explain witin the case study why each area has that landform due to the boundary, intrusive or extrusive activity

I can send you a draft I have written if that would help you with structure case studies etc ...

How about if my split my analysis into extrusive , intrusive , seismic
And for each I talk about locations EG isle of Arran for intrusive (and has some extrusive)

How many words should the essay be?

for those doing it by plate boundary type, how many landforms do you include for each one?