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Distinctive Landscapes Flashcards

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What are landscapes?

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The visible features that make up the land

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What makes a landscape distinctive?

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Landscape elements

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What are the four main groups of landscape elements?

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Natural/Physical
Biological
Human
Variables

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What are some natural/physical elements?

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Mountains, Valleys, Coastline, Rivers, Lakes, Plains

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What are some biological elements?

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Vegetation, Habitats, Wildlife and Animals bred and used by Humans

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What are some Human elements?

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Buildings, Man-Made structures, infrastructure (roads etc.)

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What are some variable elements?

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Weather, Cloudscapes, smells, sounds

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What is a natural landscape?

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A landscape mainly without human activity

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What is the distribution of Lowland areas in the UK?

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Mostly south and east

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What is the geology of lowland areas?

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Generally softer rocks such as clay or chalk

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What is the relief of lowland areas?

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Flat, gentle hills

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What is the climate of lowland areas?

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Warmer and Drier

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What is human activity like in lowland areas?

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Most urban areas a here. Most factories and manufacturing industries

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What is the distribution of Upland areas?

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Mostly in the north and west

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What is the geology of upland areas?

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Generally harder rocks such as slate and granite

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What is the relief of upland areas?

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The land is steep

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What is the climate of upland areas?

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Colder and wetter (Can drop below freezing)

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What is human activity like in upland areas?

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Sheep farming, quarrying and tourism

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How do glaciated areas form?

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When powerful ice caps covered much of the UK in the last ice age

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What are Geomorphic Processes

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Processes that happen on the surface of the Earth and shape our landscapes.

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What are the Geomorphic Processes?

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Weathering, mass movement, erosion, transportation and deposition.

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What is Mechanical Weathering?

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The physical breaking down of rock without changing it chemically

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What is Freeze-thaw weathering?

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Repeated cycles of freezing & thawing of water in cracks in rocks causes expansion and contraction, eventually causing the rock to break away

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What is Salt Weathering?

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When seawater evaporates from cliffs, the salt is left behind. This grows, eventually breaking apart the rock.

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What is Chemical Weathering?

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The breakdown of rock by changing it chemically

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What is Carbonation?

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Carbon dioxide dissolved in rainwater reacts with calcium carbonate (chalk and limestone) to form calcium bicarbonate, which is carried away by the waves

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What is Biological Weathering?

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The breakdown of rock by living things

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What is Plant Root Weathering?

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Roots grow into & expand within cracks in the rock, breaking them apart

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What is Weathering?

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The breaking down of rock in its original place

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What is Erosion?

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The wearing away and removal of rock

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What is Abrasion?

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Rocks carried within water scrape away at the cliffs or river channel

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What is Attrition?

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Rocks carried within water smash into each, becoming smaller, rounder and smoother

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What is Hydraulic Action?

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Air within cracks in rock is compressed by water. When the water leaves, the air expands, creating a force which wears away the rock.

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What is Solution? (Erosion)

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River and seawater is slightly acidic due to dissolved CO2. This can dissolve some rocks like chalk and limestone

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What is Quarrying/ Pounding?

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The sheer force of the water wearing away rock

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What is Deposition?

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When the river or waves leave sediment behind

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How does deposition occur in Rivers?

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Occurs when the river loses energy and slows. When volume of water falls - When the energy falls (inside of a bend)

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How does deposition occur in Coasts?

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Constructive waves deposit sediment Gravity settling in the water

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What is Transportation?

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The movement of eroded material

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What is Traction?

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When Rocks are pushed and rolled

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What is Saltation?

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When Small particles of rock are bounced along

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What is Suspension?

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When Fine particles are held in the water and carried

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What is Solution? (Transportation)

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When Soluble materials are dissolved and carried

44
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What is Slumping?

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When a cliff collapses on a curved path

45
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What is Mass Movement?

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The movement of material downwards due to gravity

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What is Sliding?

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When a cliff collapses on a straight path

47
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Where can you find Headlands & Bays?

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Where rocks of varying resistance lie at right angles to the sea

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What rock makes up Headlands?

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More resistant rock (Chalk and Limestone)

49
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What rock makes up Bays? Why?

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Less resistant (Clay and Sand) as erosion rates are greatest at first

50
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What is a beach?

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A depositional landform made of pebbles or sand found between the low-tide mark and the storm-tide mark

51
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How are Beaches formed?

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They are formed by constructive waves (stronger swash than backwash so adds material)

52
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Why are sandy beaches flat and wide?

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Because the weak backwash can take the fine sand particles back down the beach

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Why are Shingle beaches steep and narrow?

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Because the weak backwash cannot take the shingles back down the beach, so they build up

54
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How are Cracks formed?

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By hydraulic action

55
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How does a crack grow into a cave?

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By hydraulic action and abrasion

56
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At what angle do wind and waves approach the shore?

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45°

57
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At what angle is the swash?

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45°

58
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At what angle is backwash? Why?

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90° due to gravity

59
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What is a Long Profile of a river:

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The change in gradient with distance. It starts off steep but reduces with distance from source, and has a CONCAVE profile

60
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What can Longshore Drift create?

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Spits

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