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13 sub-topics use tectonic plates

  1. AQA · Geography · 3.1 Living with the physical environment

    3.1.1The challenge of natural hazards

    Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are the result of physical processes. Plate tectonics theory states that the Earth's crust is broken into plates that float on the mantle beneath and move slowly, driven by convection

    in Tectonic hazards and 1 other section

  2. AQA · Biology · 4.6 Inheritance, variation and evolution

    4.6.3The development of understanding of genetics and evolution

    Used in 3 questions on this sub-topic.

  3. Edexcel · Biology · 4 Natural selection and genetic modification

    4.1Evolution and its evidence

    Used in 3 questions on this sub-topic.

  4. AQA · Geography · 3.2 Challenges in the human environment

    3.2.3The challenge of resource management

    Used in 4 questions on this sub-topic.

  5. AQA · Geography · 3.1 Living with the physical environment

    3.1.2The living world

    Used in 2 questions on this sub-topic.

  6. AQA · Geography · 3.1 Living with the physical environment

    3.1.3Physical landscapes in the UK

    Used in 1 question on this sub-topic.

  7. AQA · Biology · 4.7 Ecology

    4.7.2Organisation of an ecosystem

    Used in 1 question on this sub-topic.

  8. AQA · Chemistry · 4.9 Chemistry of the atmosphere

    4.9.1The composition and evolution of the Earth's atmosphere

    Used in 1 question on this sub-topic.

  9. AQA · Physics · 4.6 Waves

    4.6.1Waves in air, fluids and solids

    Used in 1 question on this sub-topic.

  10. Edexcel · Biology · 9 Ecosystems and material cycles

    9.2Energy transfer between trophic levels

    Used in 1 question on this sub-topic.

  11. Edexcel · Chemistry · 8 Fuels and Earth science

    8.4The Earth's early atmosphere

    Used in 1 question on this sub-topic.

  12. Edexcel · Physics · 4 Waves

    4.1Wave properties and calculations

    Used in 1 question on this sub-topic.

  13. AQA · Geography · 3.2 Challenges in the human environment

    3.2.2The changing economic world

    Used in 1 question on this sub-topic.