Chalk And Clay Flashcards
1
Q
Distribution
A
Found in South and East of England
2
Q
Characteristics of chalk
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Tough Upland areas Permeable Lack of rivers Vulnerable to chemical weathering Porous Heavily jointed
3
Q
Characteristics of clay
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Weak
Impermeable
Easily eroded
Low land areas, vales
4
Q
Landforms: what is a dry valley?
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Formed by a river either when the chalk was frozen during the ice age or when the water table was much higher than it is today.
5
Q
What is a spring line?
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Water reemergence from the rock onto the ground surface, they often occur at the base of the scarp slope
6
Q
What is a vale?
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A flat plain typically formed on clay
7
Q
How is an escarpment formed?
A
Resistant chalk erodes more slowly creating the escarpment
8
Q
Uses chalk
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Sheep farming
Aquifers
Tourism
Quarried for cement
9
Q
Clay uses
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Pottery
Makes reservoirs
10
Q
Formation
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Both formed under the sea and is uplifted by techtonic activity
