EQ1

Question 1

What is the exe line?

Answer 1

The line that separates the main rock types in the UK

Question 2

How are peaks and valleys formed

Answer 2

Valleys are formed when glaciation move soft rock from the sand and shales and it is deposited further down the valley. Peaks are formed when sedimentary rocks heated and compressed during igneous activity, which makes them more tough sedimentary-formed from sediments deposited and eroded from the seas

Question 3

Main are the three main types of rock?

Answer 3

Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary

Question 4

3 processes which contribute to erosion?

Answer 4

Weathering processes, slope processes and post glacial river processes.

Question 5

Rocks in upland and lowland areas

Answer 5

Giants cause way northern Ireland (upland) south east coast-(lowland).

Question 6

Igneous rock?

Answer 6

Formed when lava or magma cools and turns to a crystallised rock.

Question 7

Metamorphic rock

Answer 7

When rock is heated and compressed during the igneous rock processes

Question 8

Sedimentary rock

Answer 8

When rock is deposited at the sea .

Question 9

Examples of weathering ?

Answer 9

Freeze thaw - this is when the water get through into the cracks of the rocks and freezes over night and then the rock will start to break off and the whole slope and large rock will start to break off.