The UK'S evolving physical landscape

Question 1

What is igneous?

Answer 1

Made from magma eg. granite

Question 2

What is sedimentary?

Answer 2

Compressed sediment eg. clay or limestone

Question 3

What is metamorphic?

Answer 3

Igneous or sedimentary rock changed by heat or pressure

Question 4

What happened to the top half of the UK during the Ice Age?

Answer 4

It was glaciated- ice pressed down on the landscape and eroded it in distinctive ways

Question 5

What happened to the bottom half of the UK during the Ice Age?

Answer 5

It was not covered in ice sheets but it was heavily influenced by glacial deposition

Question 6

What is chalk like?

Answer 6

It is very strong and permeable so it forms cliffs when it occurs at coastlines

Question 7

Where chalk found?

Answer 7

Only in lowland Britain

Question 8

Where is clay found?

Answer 8

All over Britain

Question 9

What is clay like?

Answer 9

It is weak and impermeable

Question 10

What are clay landscapes like?

Answer 10

They are wide, flat plains with lots of lakes, streams and rivers

Question 11

What is granite like?

Answer 11

It is very hard and resistant to erosion but is susceptible to chemical weathering

Question 12

Why are granite landscapes badly drained?

Answer 12

Because granite is impermeable

Question 13

What are some features of granite landscapes?

Answer 13

Tors- towers of granite chemically weathered into blocks

Question 14

In lowland landscapes how has the landscapes been formed?

Answer 14

By the cations of rivers as the rivers have meandered and they have eroded a wide valley between low hills

Question 15

What do the rivers transport? LL

Answer 15

They transport silt eroded from the chinned; sow hen there is prolonged rain they flood depositing silt to form floodplains

Question 16

What is Stickle Torn? UL

Answer 16

A post glacial feature- it is where a glacier formed during the Ice Age creating a corrie

Question 17

What does weather of rocks lead to? UL

Answer 17

Rock fragments breaking off and falling to the base of the cliff to form a scree slope

Question 18

What does the high precipitation of Lake District mean? UL

Answer 18

There is lots of surface drainage over the impermeable rocks- lots of streams

Question 19

What does the valley floor reveal? UL

Answer 19

It is flat and steep sides reveal that the U-shaped valley was created by a glacier

Question 20

What are drainage ditches built for?

Answer 20

To drain water away from low-lying agriculture to allow crops to grow

Question 21

Why have tees been cleared?

Answer 21

To make way for agriculture

Question 22

What have UK upland landscapes done?

Answer 22

They have planted tees, often in straight rows to make forestry processes easier

Question 23

The UK would naturally covered by deciduous woodland, why is it not?

Answer 23

Some UK landscapes feature conifer plantations, which have been planted for timber productions and are very distinctive

Question 24

Why are river meanders good?

Answer 24

Good defensive locations

Question 25

Where are fishing villages located?

Answer 25

On sites with natural harbours

Question 26

Why are springs good?

Answer 26

They gave people reliable freshwater

Question 27

What happened as settlements grew?

Answer 27

They took over the landscapes so now in big cities many rivers and streams run in tunnels underground