Distintive Landscapes(P1)

Question 1

Name the case studys for distinctive landscapes

Answer 1

River wye

Jurassic coast

Question 2

What is river wye

Answer 2

It’s the 5th longest river in UK

It starts (source) in plynlimon and ends in servern estuary

Contains rapids , gorges and meanders

Question 3

What is the jurassic coast

Answer 3

It’s a coast line that is located in Dorset and east Devon

155km of cliffs

Question 4

Name all types of erosion

Answer 4

Attrition

Solution

Abrasion

Hydraulic action

Question 5

Name all types of transport

Answer 5

Solution

Suspension

Saltation

Traction

Question 6

What does attrition do?(erosion)

Answer 6

Rocks bashing together become smaller

Question 7

What does solution do?(erosion )

Answer 7

Dissolved rocks(very small)

Question 8

What does abrasion do?(erosion)

Answer 8

Rocks that hit cliffs and break apart

Question 9

What does hydraulic action do ?(erosion)

Answer 9

Water enters a cracking in a cliff and causes it to expand thou pressure

Question 10

What does solution do ?(transport)

Answer 10

Minerals dissolved in water

Question 11

What does suspension do?(transport)

Answer 11

Sediments carried along in the flow of water

Question 12

What does saltation do?(transport)

Answer 12

Pebbles bonce along sea bed

Question 13

What does traction do?(transport)

Answer 13

Big rocks roll along sea bed

Question 14

Name all hard costal defences

Answer 14

Sea walls-concrete walls

Gabions-cages filled with rocks

Groynes-wooden barriers

Question 15

Name all soft coastal defences

Answer 15

Beach nourishment-fill beach with more sand

Managed retreat-leavijg low value land to erode