Geography 4.1 - Geology And Past Processes

Question 1

What are convection currents

Answer 1

Movements within the Earth’s mantle

Question 2

What are the three main types of glacial erosion

Answer 2

Plucking
Abrasion
Freeze thaw

Question 3

Give an example of an upland landscape

Answer 3

Corrie
Pyramidal peaks
U shaped valleys

Question 4

Advantages of a lowland landscape

Answer 4

Good for building villages, towns, cities etc and farming is good

Question 5

Disadvantages of a lowland landscape

Answer 5

Towns displace vegetation which is bad for animals and their habitats. Also wildlife as-well as intensive farming

Question 6

Explain how scarp topography forms in the UK lowland

Answer 6

When a fault displaces the ground surface so that one side is higher than the other, a fault scarp is created

Question 7

Explain how vale topography is formed in the UK Lowlands

Answer 7

Vales are valleys found in the middle of two high slopes (scarp slopes)