Part 2: The physical geography of the UK Flashcards
- Where are igneous and metamorphic rocks found in the UK?
a) Scotland
b) Northern Ireland
c) North west England
d) North Wales
e) South west England
- Where are sedimentary rocks found in the UK?
a) Midlands and Wales
- How old is the Earth
a) 4600 million years old
- How old are the oldest rocks in the UK?
a) 4000 million years old
- How were igneous rocks in the UK formed?
a) Volcanoes
- Where were the sedimentary areas of the UK when the rocks were formed?
a) Some parts of the UK were under the sea
- How were the sedimentary rocks formed?
a) Rocks were formed from shells and skeletons
- How were metamorphic rocks formed?
a) Sedimentary rocks heated and compressed by volcanoes
b) Hardened
c) e.g. limestone became marble
- What is erosion?
a) wearing away of rock
- What is weathering?
a) break down of rocks by weather
- What sort of weathering shapes upland landscapes?
a) Freeze thaw
- What does freeze thaw create?
a) scree
- How else are upland landscapes changed?
a) landslides
b) saturated soils
- What is a glacier?
a) A large sheet of ice
- How did glaciers shape UK landscapes?
a) erode mountain valleys
b) deposit rock and sand called boulder clay
- How does chemical weathering shape lowland landscapes?
a) breaks down the bonds holding the rocks together
- How does biological weathering shape lowland landscapes?
a) roots break up rocks
- How does soil creep affect lowland landscapes?
a) Rain dislodges soil particles
b) Soil slowly moves downslope
- How do rivers affect lowland landscapes
a) Erosion
b) Transportation
c) Deposition
- What is agriculture
a) Farming
- How has agriculture changed our upland landscape?
a) Hill or sheep farming
b) sheep eat plants so trees don’t grow
- How has agriculture changed our lowland landscape?
a) Arable farming (crops)
a) Arable farming (crops)
a) Growing trees for wood
- How has forestry changed our physical landscape?
a) More evergreen trees
- Why do people grow evergreen trees?
a) Good for wood
- What has happened to a lot of old woodland?
a) Cut down by humans
- What are settlements?
a) Where people live
b) Villages, towns, cities
- How have settlements changed our physical landscape?
a) Materials taken for building
b) Trees cut down
c) Land used for buildings
