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Denudation Flashcards

1
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Biological weathering

A

When plants and animals widen spaces between rocks making them crack,
Causes:
Tree roots
Animals digging holes

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Freeze thaw action

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In the day, water seeps between the cracks in the rocks.

At night the water freezes and expands, cracking the rocking and forcing it to crumble away

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Denudation: definition

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Breaking down and removal of solid and loose rocky materials on the earths crust

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Chemical weathering

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When rocks are dissolved because of chemical change,
Causes:
Rain

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5
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Exfoliation

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Mechanical weathering - onion peeling - temperature suddenly changes causing outer skin of rock to shatter

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Scree

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Eroded pieces of rock

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Causes of erosion

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Moving water - rivers
Moving ice - glaciers
Moving air - wind

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Areas between Grikes:

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Clints

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Mechanical weathering:

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Rocks are broken into smaller pieces,
Causes:
Frost
Sudden temperature changes

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Carbonation: definition

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When rain falls it takes in CO2 and becomes a weak carbonic acid, it reacts with the calcium carbonate in limestone causing it to dissolve

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Exposed areas of limestone:

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Limestone pavement

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12
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Cracks in rocks:

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Grikes

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Landslides

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When a slope becomes unstable resulting in the rapid movement of regolith down a steep slope

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Erosion: definition

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The breaking down of rocks and transportation of the material

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Swallow holes: definition

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Overtime Grikes become so big they become swallow holes

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Stalactites:

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Hang from the roof of caves - calcium carbonate seeps underground and hangs from ceiling

17
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Stalagmites

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Come from the floor - calcium carbonate drops from stalagmites onto floor creating slagmites

18
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Weathering: definition

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The breaking down of rocks that are exposed on the earths surface

19
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Karst landscape: definition

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Landforms that develop on rock types which are easily dissolved by water

20
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Mass movement

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Loose, weathered material that moves down slope under the influence of gravity

21
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Loose weathered material:

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Regolith

22
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Factors of mass movement:(4)

A

The gradient
The water content
Human activity
Plants and trees

23
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Soil creep:

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Slowest type of mass movement, soil moves in layers on surface

24
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Bog bursts

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Upland slopes where the layers of peat on the bog land become saturated with rain

25
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Mudflow

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When saturated regality flows rapidly down slopes

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