Y7 Physical Landscapes

Question 1

landscape

Answer 1

visible features of an area of land

Question 2

uplands

Answer 2

land that is hilly or mountainous

Question 3

foreground

Answer 3

the part of a view that is at the front

Question 4

land use

Answer 4

what land is used for, e.g. farming or industry

Question 5

physical layer

Answer 5

where geology and landscape processes (erosion, weathering, etc.) have sculpted a landscape

Question 6

biological layer

Answer 6

soil, plants, and trees

Question 7

human layer

Answer 7

settlements, communications, and farming

Question 8

geology

Answer 8

the study of rocks beneath our feet

Question 9

erosion

Answer 9

the wearing down of rocks that have already been weathered or broken

Question 10

weathering

Answer 10

the process that takes place which breaks the geosphere into smaller pieces

Question 11

limestone pavement

Answer 11

a bare, rocky limestone surface with blocks of limestone separated by deep cracks

Question 12

gryke

Answer 12

a deep crack in the surface of limestone

Question 13

clints

Answer 13

limestone blocks separated by deep cracks (grykes)

Question 14

vegetation

Answer 14

plants

Question 15

hydraulic erosion

Answer 15

power of the water breaking apart the rock

Question 16

abrasion (erosion)

Answer 16

stones and sediments grind against the rock like sand paper

Question 17

attrition (erosion)

Answer 17

rocks in the water breaking each other apart

Question 18

solution (erosion)

Answer 18

chemicals/ liquid dissolves the rock

Question 19

freeze-thaw weathering

Answer 19

the weathering of rocks re-freezing and thawing from rainwater

Question 20

corrie

Answer 20

a highland with round slopes, a U-shaped valley (made by glaciers)

Question 21

scree

Answer 21

small loose stones made by freeze-thaw weathering

Question 22

tarn

Answer 22

a small mountain lake

Question 23

glacier

Answer 23

a river of ice, usually occupying a valley

Question 24

ice sheet

Answer 24

a large layer of ice several kilometres thick

Question 25

MSL

Answer 25

Mean Sea Level

Question 26

ways that height on a map can be shown (MSL)

Answer 26

black dot (spot height), triangulation pillar, layer colouring/ shading