4.2 Physical And Human Processes

Question 1

1) Compare the weathering that is found in the uplands and the lowlands

Answer 1

Highland weathering - freeze thaw weathering which freezes water in the crack and expands.

Lowlands weathering - more warmer conditions (more greenery at the bottom)

Question 2

2)compare the soil/rock movement processes in the upland and the lowlands

Answer 2

Uplands have more freeze thaw sue to the weather up in the uplands

Lowlands more of attrition.

Question 3

3)Compare misfit rivers and dry valleys (location, characteristics, formation)

Answer 3

Misfit rivers are valleys that feature a river that could not have possibly eroded the whole valley they are located on the uplands and were formed by a glacier during the ice age.

Dry valleys are areas that used to have a river which is now underground they are located in the lowlands and are formed when ice in the rock melts transforming it from an impermeable rock to a permeable rock, meaning that water can now flow through the rock, rather that over the land.

Question 4

4) explain how glaciers have effected both landscape

Answer 4

Lowlands could be flooded and the highlands could get more colder so more weathering could take place.

Question 5

5) explain two ways humans have affected the Upland landscape

Answer 5

Air pollution or tourist attractions.

Question 6

6) Explain two ways humans have affected the lowland landscape

Answer 6

Agriculture, farming etc

Question 7

7) compare which landscape (up/low) have been affected more by humans

Answer 7

Possibly lowland seeing we are on the ground and agriculture is a huge thing in our lives