Revition Flashcards
What is igneous rock
It is made by cooling magma/lava and cant be permitted
What are sedimantary rocks
They are rocks on the ocean floor that are made of the accumulation of small practicals
What is metamorphic rock
Rock that has been put under immense pressure and has gone under physical or chemical change
How did tectonic processes change the land scape
500 years ago the UK was in Antarctica
Between coalitions volcanos erupted and created mountains
How did the geographical process change the UK’s landscape
250-30 years ago the UK was under a warn tropical sea
When a fish died the skeleton would float to the ground and be condenced into rock
How did glaciation process change the UK’s landscape
The most recent ice age was over 1000 tears ago
Altered river valleys into u shaped valleys
What causes scree slopes
Freeze-thaw weathering
What caused U-shaped valleys
They where eroded by ice
In valleys what is the river called
Misfit stream
What are the types of erotion
Ice and water
What are the types of weathering
Mechanical, chemical and biological
Slope processes
Soil creep, rock falls, slides, slump
What is used to mark out fields in the uplands and lowlands
Uplands: dried stone walls
Lowland: hedgerows
What material is used in the uplands and lowlands
Upland: stone and rock
Lowland: wood
What types of farming do the people in the upland and lowland use
Upland: sheep
Lowland: crops
