Part 2: The physical geography of the UK Flashcards
1
Q
- Where are igneous and metamorphic rocks found in the UK?
A
a) Scotland
b) Northern Ireland
c) North west England
d) North Wales
e) South west England
2
Q
- Where are sedimentary rocks found in the UK?
A
a) Midlands and Wales
3
Q
- How old is the Earth
A
a) 4600 million years old
4
Q
- How old are the oldest rocks in the UK?
A
a) 4000 million years old
5
Q
- How were igneous rocks in the UK formed?
A
a) Volcanoes
6
Q
- Where were the sedimentary areas of the UK when the rocks were formed?
A
a) Some parts of the UK were under the sea
7
Q
- How were the sedimentary rocks formed?
A
a) Rocks were formed from shells and skeletons
8
Q
- How were metamorphic rocks formed?
A
a) Sedimentary rocks heated and compressed by volcanoes
b) Hardened
c) e.g. limestone became marble
9
Q
- What is erosion?
A
a) wearing away of rock
10
Q
- What is weathering?
A
a) break down of rocks by weather
11
Q
- What sort of weathering shapes upland landscapes?
A
a) Freeze thaw
12
Q
- What does freeze thaw create?
A
a) scree
13
Q
- How else are upland landscapes changed?
A
a) landslides
b) saturated soils
14
Q
- What is a glacier?
A
a) A large sheet of ice
15
Q
- How did glaciers shape UK landscapes?
A
a) erode mountain valleys
b) deposit rock and sand called boulder clay
