4.2 Physical And Human Processes

Question 1

Compare weathering in the uplands and the lowlands .

Answer 1

Weathering in the uplands was mainly done by the glaciers as they erode all th valleys and kept growing and growing as it went from north to south . However , weathering in the lowlands as done by glacial melt water .

Question 2

Compare soil and rock movements between the uplands an lowlands .

Answer 2

In the uplands there are more rockslides and soil erosions . In the lowlands there is more rotational slumping

Question 3

Compare misfit rivers and dry valleys

Answer 3

Misfit rivers are found at the bottom of valleys and are the results of glaciers melting . Dry valleys from on permeable rock , which are formed when melting water

Question 4

How have glaciers affected our landscape.

Answer 4

Glaciers have affected out landscape by :
. Making v and u shaped valleys
. By eroding and expanding valleys .
. By eroding the antcline in the lowland and creating a weald

Question 5

2 ways humans have affected the uplands

Answer 5

We have let sheep graze on the lake district meaning no tress can prevent and prolong floods .
We also have made a manmade forest and sold the wood from it
We have also built dry walls that cut off the land and divide it for the sheep of the lake district .

Question 6

2 ways the humans have effected the lowlands

Answer 6

We have uilt many towns and cities preventing growth of frests ect.
We have also built farms and sold the wood of the land that was originally there .
We also make artificial rivers that feed of natural rivers called …