Phisical Landscapes

Question 1

Physical layer-

Answer 1

Where Rock type(geology) and landscape processes sculpted a physical landscape

Question 2

Biological layer-

Answer 2

Soil, plants and trees

Question 3

Human layer-

Answer 3

Settlements, communications and farming

Question 4

Mechanical Weathering-

Answer 4

Rocks are Brocken down into smaller pieces

Question 5

Chemical Weathering

Answer 5

Some substances causing the rock to change shape, colour or break it down

Question 6

What causes chemical weathering

Answer 6

Carbon dioxide, oxygen and acids (acid rain!)

Question 7

What causes mechanical weathering

Answer 7

Frost, Ice, roots, running water and sun

Question 8

Geology-

Answer 8

The study of rocks beneath our feet

Question 9

Lowlands

Answer 9

Flat land not much higher than sea level

Question 10

Rock cycle-

Answer 10

When one type of rock changes into another type of rock

Question 11

Igneous-

Answer 11

Forms when hot, molten rock crystallises and solidifies

Question 12

Sedimentary-

Answer 12

What type of rock formed by the deposition of sediment e.g sandstone

Question 13

Metamorphic-

Answer 13

Metamorphic rocks were once sedimentary or igneous rocks but have been changed (metamorphosed) due to intense heat or pressure in the earths crust

Question 14

What rock layer are we on right now

Answer 14

Quaternary

Question 15

What is erosion

Answer 15

It basically cleans up the mess weathering makes

Question 16

Hydraulic action-

Answer 16

When the power of the water causes the material to break apart

Question 17

Abrasion-

Answer 17

Where stuff rub on each other to break down

Question 18

Attrition-

Answer 18

Rocks carried on the water knock into each other and then water dissolves certain types of rocks e.g