Geography- Unit 1/ Uk Distinctive Landscapes

Question 1

Relief

Answer 1

The height and shape of the landscape

Question 2

Upland

Answer 2

An area of over 200m above sea level.

Question 3

Lowland

Answer 3

An area of land that is lower than the land around it, less than 200m above sea level.

Question 4

Uk Uplands

Answer 4

Cairngorms
Pennines
Dartmoor
Towards the North of the uk around scotland and wales

Question 5

Igneous rock

Answer 5

• Cooled molten (crystallized and solidifies) lava
• Intrusive, inside the Earth’s crust, and extrusive, outside the Earth’s crust
• Hard and resistance

Question 6

Sedimentary rock

Answer 6

• Biochemical, compacted organic matter
• Clastic, compacted rock fragments
  -Chemical, generally formed from the evaporation or precipitation of mineral rich waters
  -Less resistant to erosion and layered

Question 7

Metamorphic rocks

Answer 7

Formed from rocks under high pressure and heat.

Question 8

Where are the lowlands in the uk?

Answer 8

Towards the south near London.

Question 9

Why are the uplands in the uk?

Answer 9

Made of resistant rock such as graphite e.g graphite columns

Question 10

Why are the lowlands in the uk?

Answer 10

The south of the uk used to be underwater and is therefore made of weaker sedimentary rock that erodes more easily. -chalk and limestone

Question 11

Lowlands uk

Answer 11

The fenns
The norfolk broads

Question 12

Uk Rivers

Answer 12

Ouse
Mersey
Thames

Question 13

What makes somewhere special?

Answer 13

-Landscape features
-Landmarks
-Local architecture
-Ecosystems and habitats
-Local history
-Cultural features

Question 14

what is the Distribution of sand dunes like in the uk?

Answer 14

-More sand dunes in the north
-Around the coastlines
-Close in proximity to each other
-Sparse in southern coastlines

Question 15

Where and what is Snowdonia?

Answer 15

-Glaciated upland area in North wales
-A national park

Question 16

Snowdonia population?

Answer 16

25,000

Question 17

How many people visit Snowdonia annually and how much do they spend there?

Answer 17

4.3million and £400million.

Question 18

Where are the shropshire hills?

Answer 18

The southwest of the England before the border with wales

Question 19

How does tourism help a rural town?
x5

Answer 19

• Inflow of income
• New employment opportunities ( Hotels and restaurants)
• Share of cultural and geographical knowledge
• House prices in these areas have increased
• New facilities

Question 20

How does tourism disrupt a rural town? x7

Answer 20

• More traffic and pollution
• Footpath erosion
• Litter
• Increased parking cost
• Invest in tourist shops rather than needed suppliers
• Local cultures can be lost ( Welsh language lost due to visitors)
• People cannot afford homes in these areas due to high house prices.

Question 21

What does the Lake district park include?

Answer 21

-Scafell Pike, its highest mountain
-Wastwater, its deepest lake
-Thriving communities such as Keswick and Bowness-on-windermere

Question 22

How many people live in the Lake District?

Answer 22

• 42,400 permanent residents

Question 23

How many people visit the Lake District and how much do they spend?

Answer 23

• 15.8 million and £925 million

Question 24

Where is the lake district

Answer 24

North west of england.

Question 25

How does culture impact a landscape?

Answer 25

• Sense of community, welcoming it is
• Job practices, e.g farming or building

Question 26

Where is the ouse river?

Answer 26

-North East and runs through Yorkshire.
- It drains the East Midlands

Question 27

Where is the Mersey River?

Answer 27

-North west of the uk

Question 28

Where are the fens and what is their size and why is it distinctive vegetation?

Answer 28

• East of England
• Stretches across Lincolnshire, Cambridge and Peterborough
• 400,000 acres
• Marshy region
  -250 plant species e.g the rare Fen orchid.

Question 29

Where is the Norfolk broads, what makes it distinctive?

Answer 29

• East of the uk
• Vast grazing marshes
• Migrating birds spotted here.g waterfowls and wading birds.

Question 30

Where are the cairngorms what makes it distinctive?

Answer 30

• Ben Nevis (tallest uk mountain-1345m)
• Slightly North in scotland

Question 31

what is Snowdonia’s distinctive vegetation?

Answer 31

• Rare snowdonian beetle
• Rare snowdonian lily

Question 32

what is Snowdonia’s distinctive culture?

Answer 32

• Celtic shrines and fortresses
• Welsh language

Question 33

what is Snowdonia’s distinctive land use?

Answer 33

• Slate mining
• Due to high altitude, it is not good for farming but it suitable for pastoral farming
  -Tourism

Question 34

what is Snowdonia’s distinctive Geology?

Answer 34

• Influenced by volcanic activities
• Volcanic eruptions means it is made of igneous and metamorphic rocks, highland.
• It was also glaciated, further creating a varying landscape as it made u-shaped valleys
• It has a mountain 1058m tall

Question 35

Where are the Pennines and what makes it distinctive?

Answer 35

• North west of England
• Continuous mountain range
• Near Anglo- Scottish border

Question 36

Where is Dartmoor and what makes it distinctive?

Answer 36

• Graphite tors
• Southwest England

Question 37

carrying capacity

Answer 37

the maximum number of people that an environment can sustain

Question 38

Visitor pressure

Answer 38

the increased impact on the countryside, resources and services due to more visitors.

Question 39

Honey pot site- A place that attracts lots of visitors and created congestion at peak times.

Answer 39

A place that attracts lots of visitors and created congestion at peak times.

Question 40

How has the Uk forestry commision and settlesments impacted the landscape?

Answer 40

• Planted many non indigenous tree species after ww1
• Created houses for forestry workers, land cleared of natural vegetation.

Question 41

How have humans affected the landscape through mining?

Answer 41

• Yorkshire dales
• Heavily quarried limestone
• East anglia
• Almost completely cleared for farming due to its fertile flat land.