Geography: Age 14

6 illustrated Geography lessons for Age 14.

When an ocean plate dives under a continent Where two plates collide, the heavier oceanic plate sinks beneath the lighter continental plate, a process cal…
Coastal erosion landforms Waves hit weak spots in a rocky headland and slowly wear them away. Over time a crack can grow into a cave, th…
Magma Rising at a Seafloor Split Two rocky plates pull apart on the ocean floor, opening a crack. Hot magma rises through the crack and spills …
Earth's Moving Plates Earth's outer rocky shell is broken into large slabs that move slowly over time. Where these slabs meet, rocks…
Seafloor Lift Starts a Tsunami An undersea earthquake can suddenly lift a block of the ocean floor. The lifted floor pushes the water above i…
Tornado Hotspots Tornadoes do not happen evenly around the world. Some middle-latitude regions, especially the central United S…