UK Physical Landscape - Case studies

Question 1

How has glaciation affected the UK?

Answer 1

Multiple glaciations of the last 2.5m years
Ice advancements as far south as London

U-shaped valleys are the visible result

Question 2

Explain the role of tectonics in making Dartmoor Distinctive.

Answer 2

Tectonic activity millions of years ago created large intrusive igneous batholith (now eroded into Tors)

Question 3

Which weathering processes have played a part in the formation of Dartmoor?

Answer 3

Hydrolysis (chemical weathering when UK was nearer the Equator) and Freeze-Thaw (now UK is in colder climate)

Question 4

What is the Weald-Artois anticline and how did it form?

Answer 4

30m years ago large earth movements caused compacted sediment layers to rise creating a dome and an arch (anticline)

Question 5

Name a lowland landscape and its location

Answer 5

The Weald

South England, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey

Question 6

Roughly how many people live in the New Forest National Park?

Answer 6

34,000 people

Question 7

Where do the majority of New Forest people live?

Answer 7

Smaller villages

They work supplying basic services on a local level

Question 8

What happened to Lover Green Pond in the New Forest?

Answer 8

It went through a restoration project to benefit wildlife

Question 9

What portion of the National Park is farmland?

Answer 9

1/4

Question 10

What does 60% of the farmland made up of?

Answer 10

Permanent grassland

Question 11

What is the most common type of cattle in New Forest?

Answer 11

Beef cattle

Question 12

What percentage of farmland is used for growing arable crops?

Answer 12

20%

Question 13

Which area of the National Park has better drained and fertile soils?

Answer 13

South of the National Park

Question 14

What is the size of the majority of the farms in New Forest?

Answer 14

Less than 5 hectares

Question 15

What are the key features of the natural beauty of try New Forest National Park?

Answer 15

Trees and woodlands

Keyhaven Marsh, behind Hurst Spit

Question 16

What are some of the main advantages of trees and woodlands in National Park?

Answer 16

They were chopped down for Royal Navy ship building in Portsmouth (in the 16/1700s)

Now..
They give timber, food, shelter to humans and animals
They act as carbon sink, produce oxygen, give shade, provide windbreaks, reduce risks of flooding

Question 17

How does the Forestry Commission manage woodlands?

Answer 17

By issuing felling licences and grants under the terms of the Forestry Act

Question 18

What animals typically roam the New Forest, freely

Answer 18

New Forest ponies
Pigs

Poultry
Deer

Question 19

What is pannage?

Answer 19

The pigs go round eating all the acorns, mainly in Autumn
Otherwise, the acorns make the ponies sick

It’s all nature working together