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GCSE Geography knowledge mat

When the Earth Moves

Why the same size of earthquake kills hundreds in one country and hundreds of thousands in another. That is the question the marks are actually for. The three plate margins across the top, each with a satellite or field photograph; three case studies a GCSE answer needs; then the chain from process to impact to response to evaluation, and where planning, prediction and protection break it. Nine terms to define, a worked exam-style sentence, and the misconceptions that cost marks.

£3.99All 4 GCSE Geography knowledge mats, one landscape sheet each

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    Cover of When the Earth Moves

    One landscape A4 page on one topic, led by the photographs rather than the headings. It carries the three plate margins, three case studies, and how a hazard becomes a disaster, followed by the vocabulary, a worked exam-style sentence and the misconceptions that cost marks.

    Every image on the sheet is a real archival or scientific photograph, not an illustration and not AI-generated. Each one was checked against its own licence template rather than a label, and the running foot names every creator, states that the images have been cropped and adjusted for print, and links the licence. The sheet can then be photocopied for a class and stay compliant. Nothing is reproduced from a past paper, a textbook or a specification.

    A knowledge organiser stores a unit and is revised from afterwards; this is meant to be on the table while the work is happening.

    Written to
    The DfE subject content for geography, and the topic as AQA 8035, Pearson Edexcel B 1GB0 and OCR B J384 set it. Every photograph is a sourced image, licensed for reuse and credited on the sheet
    Intended for
    geography teachers. On the desk during the lesson, not a student revision guide
    Extent
    One landscape A4 sheet · 8 sections

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    01Constructive — plates moving apart
    02Destructive — plates moving together
    03Conservative — plates sliding past
    04Three case studies a GCSE answer needs
    05How a hazard becomes a disaster — and what breaks the chain
    06Glossary
    07Use this mat
    08Common misconceptions
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