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1.3 - The Caribbean Plate and Its Neighbours

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  • ✓Explain that Caribbean islands are close to plate boundaries.
  • ✓Identify Guyana, Suriname, and the Bahamas as geologically stable areas.
  • ✓Use plate-boundary location to explain why some territories face more earthquakes and volcanoes than others.
  • ✓Apply knowledge to hazard awareness and safer planning decisions in the Caribbean.
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Your Caribbean passport can take you from a ‘shaky’ place to a ‘steady’ place in one flight! In Haiti and Jamaica, earthquakes are a real threat; in Montserrat and St Vincent, volcanoes can erupt. But in Guyana, Suriname, and the Bahamas, geophysical hazards are far less common. Why? Today you’ll map the Caribbean Plate like a detective and explain which places are ‘risk zones’ and which are ‘stable zones’.
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Predict: which statement do you think best describes the Caribbean plate?

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The real Caribbean examples / The activities and quizzes / The diagrams and tables

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Your Caribbean passport can take you from a ‘shaky’ place to a ‘steady’ place in one flight! In Haiti and Jamaica, earthquakes are a real threat; in Montserrat and St Vincent, volcanoes can erupt. But in Guyana, Suriname, and the Bahamas, geophysical hazards are far less common. Why? Today you’ll map the Caribbean Plate like a detective and explain which places are ‘risk zones’ and which are ‘stable zones’.
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