'I can' checklist for Iceland: The land of fire and ice:

• NAME the four main layers of the Earth 

• DESCRIBE the process of continental drift 

• NAME and locate several tectonic plates

• EXPLAIN how tectonic plates move 

• DESCRIBE the distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes using a map

• NAME the four types of plate boundaries and DESCRIBE what happens at each

• NAME the two types of volcanoes

• LABEL a diagram of a volcano to show its structure

• DESCRIBE the material that erupts from a volcano

• DESCRIBE the impact of the eruption of Mt St Helens

• DESCRIBE what a glacier is and EXPLAIN how it forms

• DESCRIBE the processes of glacial erosion (freeze-thaw, abrasion and plucking)

• EXPLAIN how corries, arêtes and pyramidal peaks are formed

• EXPLAIN how a U-shaped valley is formed