4.1

Question 1

What separates the uplands and lowlands

Answer 1

The Tee ex line

Question 2

What sort of rocks are in the uplands

Answer 2

Mainly metamorphic, with large amounts of igneous up north, and sediemntary near the bottom (bottom of the uplands)

Question 3

What sort of rocks are in the lowlands

Answer 3

Almost all sedimentary, with little amounts of the other 2

Question 4

What has formed the limestone by the coast

Answer 4

Crushed shells of the corals which once was there 300 million years ago.

Question 5

What formed the solid rock by the coast as well

Answer 5

Skeletons of the tropical fish and corals once there, which have been crushed, the water squeezed out of them, and the calcium carbonate, which crystallised around them.

Question 6

What tectonic processes affected the pennies.

Answer 6

1. The plate the Uk was on shifted, away from the tropical area.
2. Convection currents below uplifted rocks from below the sea to become land
3. During the uplift, many rocks snapped or caused earthquakes.

Question 7

When was the last ice age

Answer 7

10,000 years ago

Question 8

What effects did the glaciers have on the land

Answer 8

They carved The Valleys, and made misfit streams with the rocks which were dragged alongside the bottom.

Question 9

Give 3 useful words to describe sedimentary rocks

Answer 9

E.G
Remains
Youngest
Weak

Question 10

Give 5 useful words to describe igneous rocks

Answer 10

E.G
Oldest
Volcanic 
Resistant
Magma
Crystals

Question 11

Give 4 useful words to describe metamorphic rocks

Answer 11

E.G
Heat/pressure
Resistant
Crystals

Question 12

Where is Chalk found and it’s economic uses

Answer 12

Chalk is only in the lowlands. The London area. Small doses of chalk can be used as an anti acid. Chalks flint has been crucial for human tooling.

Question 13

Where is Carboniferous Limestone found and it’s economic uses

Answer 13

Limestone is mainly in the uplands, with small parts in the lowlands. Edinborugh, Scotland-England border. Limestone is a good building material in the old ages.

Question 14

Where is Clay found and it’s economic uses

Answer 14

Mainly in the lowlands, Clay is in the upper lowlands. Clay is good for pottery, decorating, construction and more.

Question 15

Where is Granite found and it’s economic uses

Answer 15

In the Aberdeen area, up north in Scotland and the Lake District. Granite is a popular building material, for monuments, table tops, floor tiles etc.

Question 16

Where is Schist found and it’s economic uses

Answer 16

Schist is found up in north Scotland in the Uplands. Schist can be used for some building

Question 17

Where is Slate found and it’s economic uses

Answer 17

Slate is used for roofing. It is again mainly in the uplands.

Question 18

Which two types of rock are volcanic and made from crystals

Answer 18

Metamorphic and Igneous

Question 19

Name 3 things that sedimentary rock is made from

Answer 19

Mud, animal and plant remains, and eroded rocks

Question 20

Name two ways metamorphic rock is made

Answer 20

Heat and pressure

Question 21

What shaped the valleys into the U shape

Answer 21

The glaciers passing through carved using the rocks being dragged along.

Question 22

Out of Clay, Carbineforus Limestone, Granite, Slate, Chalk, Basalt and Schist, which are: Sedimentary

Answer 22

Clay, Carbineforus Limestone, and Chalk.

Question 23

Out of Clay, Carbineforus Limestone, Granite, Slate, Chalk, Basalt and Schist, which are: Metamorphic

Answer 23

Slate and Schist

Question 24

Out of Clay, Carbineforus Limestone, Granite, Slate, Chalk, Basalt and Schist, which are: Igneous

Answer 24

Basalt and Granite