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The UKs Evolving Physical Landscape Flashcards

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Weathering

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The physical, chemical or biological breakdown of solid rock by the action of weather or plants

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Physical weathering examples

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Freeze Thaw weathering and Onion skin

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Example of biological weathering

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Living things can affect a rock

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Chemical Weathering

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Chemicals can affect rocks

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Rock fall

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Fragment of rocks breaking away from the cliff face due to weathering

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Landslide

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Blocks of rock slide downhill

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Mud slide

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Saturated soil flows down a slope

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Slumping

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Saturated soil slumps along a curved surface

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Examples of metamorphic rocks

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Crystals

Ribbon like layers

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Examples of igneous

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Gas bubbles and glassy surface

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Examples of sedimentary

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Fossils and sand or particles

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Anticline

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A ridge or fold of rock with many layers

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Escarpment

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Higher areas of resistant rocks like chalk

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Dip slopes

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Behind the escarpment, gentle sloped follow the angle of the scarp

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Vales

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Softer slays form lower and flatter ground

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Concordant coastline

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The rock layers (strata) are parallel to the coastline

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Discordant coastline

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The rock layers (strata) are at a right angle to the coastline

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Joints

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Joints are small, usually vertical cracks found in many rocks

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Faults

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Faults are larger cracks caused by past tectonic movements

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What sort of coastline does headland and bays form at?

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Discordant

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What sort of coastline does coves form at?

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Concordant

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Hydraulic power

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The sheer power of the waves

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Corrosion

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The affect of rocks being flung at the cliff by powerful waves

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Attrition

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The knocking together of pebbles, making them gradually smaller and smoother

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Traction

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Heavy particles rolled along the seabed

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Solution

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The transport of dissolves chemicals

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Suspension

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Lighter particles carried (suspended) within the water

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Abrasion

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Sandpaper affect of pebbles grinding over a rocky platform

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Spit

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A finger of new land made of sand and shingle, jutting out into the sea from the coast

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Salt marsh

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Low lying coastal wet land extending between high and low tide

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Soft engineering

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A technique involving the construction of more environmentally friends, less damaging and arguable more sustainable management soloutions

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Hard engineering

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A technique involving the front ruction of significant man-made structure to manage the coastline

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Hold the line

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Using sea defences so coast stays where it is

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Advance the line

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Use sea defences to move the coast further into the sea

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Strategic realignment

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Gradually let the coast we erode and move people and businesses away from areas at risk

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Upper course

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Shallow, narrow, vertical erosion, slow flow, waterfalls

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Middle course

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Wide, meanders and oxbow lakes, deep

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Lower course

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Fastest flow, flood plain, deltas, widest, deepest

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Traction

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Large stones are dragged along by traction

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Discharge

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Volume of water flowing in a river, measure in cubic metre per second

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Helicoidal flow

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Corkscrew motion

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Inside bend

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Slower flow

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Outside bend

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Faster slow

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Thalweg is…

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The fastest current which undercuts the bank on the outer bend.

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Water stores

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Different places where bodies of water are stored

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Arcute or fan-shaped

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The land around the river mouth arches out into the sea and the river splits many times on the way to the sea creating the fan shape

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Cuspate

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The land around the mouth of the river juts out arrow- like into the sea

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Bird’s Foot

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The river splits on the way to the sea, each part of the river juts out into the sea, rather like a bird’s foot

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Precipation

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Any source of moisture reaching the ground

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Groundwater flow

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Water seeping deeper below the surface

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Surface run-off

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Water flowing on top of the ground

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Transpiration

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Water lost through pores in vegetation

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Percolation

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Water slowing through the soil layer parallel to the surface

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Through flow

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Water flowing through the rock layer parallel to the surface

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Boscastle flood physical causes

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Land was very steep- caused water to travel quick to valley floor,
Ground water was already saturated from previous rainfall- couldn’t absorb more water,
Confluence of 3 rivers

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Boscastle floods human causes

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Street pattern increased surface run-off,
Cars and vegetation-trapped under bridge creating a dam,
Old sewer system was overwhelmed,

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Defences on rivers

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Dam H , straightening and deepening the river H , land-use zoning S , wash lands S , storage area S , afforestation S , embankment H and flood walls H

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Somerset levels physical causes

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Jet streams (high winds) were located over southern England in winter 2014,
12 major storms in winter 2014
More severe gales
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Somerset levels human causes

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Landscape changed from wetlands to farming and housing,
Less dredging of the the river channels-increased flooding,
Dredging needs to be done regularly
Levees made situation worse

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