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Geography S1 Flashcards

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1
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What shapes the coast?

A

The waves

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2
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What is erosion?

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When waves wear away the coast

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3
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What is transportation?

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When waves carry eroded material away

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4
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What is deposition?

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When waves carry material on and off the land

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5
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What is the coast?

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A narrow area between the land and sea

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6
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What happens to the coast

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It is fragile and constantly changing (erosion)

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7
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What can the waves do?

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They can erode soft rocks quicker than hard rocks, the coastlines are made of different rocks.

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8
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What are the eroded coastlines called when the land sticks out?

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Headlands

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9
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What are the coastlines called that are in the way?

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Bays

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10
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How is a cave formed on the headlands of the coast?

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A cave is formed by the waves crashing the soft rock and creating a cave

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How is an arch formed?

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An arch is formed by waves crashing hard against the cave to form an arch

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12
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How is a sea stack formed?

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A sea stack is formed by waves crashing against an arch until the land above collapses to form a stack

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How is a stump formed?

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A sea stump is when the stack takes too much pressure from the waves and collapses

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14
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Name three ways we can protect the coast

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Groynes- wooden barriers built down the coast to stop sand moving
Sea wall- concrete walls built along the coast to protect the land from waves
Gabions- wire mesh baskets filled with cobbles. They can absorb waves and wind energy

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What are the problems of protecting the coast?

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By building groynes, another part of the coast doesn’t recieve sand so gets eroded quicker. Stone walls are really exspensive

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16
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How were scotlands hills formed?

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When scotland was covered in ice during the ice age, the glaciers helped shape scotlands hills

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17
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Name four features that the ice formed during the ice age

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Pyramidal peaks
Aretes
U-shaped valleys
Corries

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18
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What are pyramidal peaks?

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Sharp pointed mountain summits

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19
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What are aretes?

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Narrow, steep sided ridges

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What are corries?

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Steep sided hollows high on the mountain side

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21
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What are U-shaped valleys?

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Steep-sided, flat floored valleys

22
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Where are the most mountains found in Scotland?

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North and West

23
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Where is scotlands lowland mainly?

A

Central Scotland

24
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What is in the southern uplands of Scotland?

A

Hilly areas with rounded summits and deep valleys

25
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What are the two rivers near Aberdeen?

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River Don and River Dee

26
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What river goes through Glasgow?

A

River Clyde

27
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Where are the Grampian mountains?

A

Central Scotland

28
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Name two famous Scottish mountain peaks

A

Ben Nevis

Ben Macdui

29
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What formed the mountains and hollows in Assynt?

A

Glaciers carved them out

30
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How was Loch Lomond formed?

A

By an earthquake

31
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What is a settlement?

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A place where people live e.g. town, village, city.

32
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What did a settlement need to grow?

A

A function or use

33
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What sort of functions do city’s need?

A

Holiday resorts, shops leisure centres and tourist attractions

34
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What three things would people need for choosing a place for their city?

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Shelter from the wind
Supply of wood, water and building materials
Level land for building

35
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Name three reasons Edinburgh has grown

A

Its situation on the Firth of Forth
Its trading links with the port of Leith
Jobs e.g. finance.

36
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How many people live in Scotland?

A

5.1 million

37
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What has happened to scotlands population since 1971?

A

It has decreased

38
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Why is scotland so densely populated on the lowlands?

A

It is flat and easy to build on

39
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Why are there less people in the northwest highlands of Scotland?

A

It is mountainous and the climate is often cold and windy

40
Q

Name 3 problems of crofting

A

It is sparsely populated in crofting areas
The weather can be harsh and don’t know what to expect
Not much technology

41
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Where is crofting?

A

Scottish Islands and northwest highlands

42
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What is weather?

A

The state of atmosphere from day to day

43
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What is climate?

A

The weather measured over years and the average worked out

44
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Where is it the coldest in Scotland?

A

The north

45
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Where is it the warmest in Scotland?

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The south

46
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Why is it wetter in the west than the east in Scotland?

A

There is more high land

47
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Why did the romans pick the location for London?

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It had good defence, dry land, water supply and good building materials

48
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Name the four areas of London

A

The city
Westminster
The west end
The east end

49
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What functions did London have?

A

Market town
Port
Transport
Holiday functions

50
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What are the problems of living in london

A

Houses are expensive
Its noisy
Overcrowded trains
Traffic jams

51
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What have people done to Make London better?

A

Old docks and houses have been cleared

Warehouses being turned into expensive flats

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