Rocks 2

Question 1

Formation of a limestone pavement

Answer 1

Acid rain (chemical weathering) dissolves the limestone
Goes down clints and grykes as it is impermeable.
CO2 mixes with rainwater (making it a weak carbonic acid)
Reacts with the alkaline
Malham cove, Yorkshire Dales

Question 2

Cuesta uses

Answer 2

Clay used for building
Tourism (South Downs Way) a walk 
Lush grass used for cow grazing (good milk)
Poor grass thin soil for sheep 
Race horse training (full of calcium)

Question 3

Pros and cons of the London aquifer

Answer 3

Pros- provides water to the whole of London 
Cheap, don't have to filter it
Naturally clean (purified) because of the chalk high in calcium
Cons-it will run out (limited)
When it gets taken out of the ground, the chalk contracts (sinks) taking London with it