Uk Landscape

Question 1

What is slumping

Answer 1

Permeable rock on top of impermeable cause rotational slip

Question 2

What is rock fall

Answer 2

A sudden release of rock due to undercutting

Question 3

Name the four types of erosion

Answer 3

Corrosion, Attrition, Solution, Hydrolicaction

Question 4

Name three types of weathering

Answer 4

Freeze thaw, soil and rock broken by vegetation and chemical reactions between rain and geology.

Question 5

What is transportation

Answer 5

The movement of material in the sea: Traction, Saltation, Suspension and Solution

Question 6

What is Traction

Answer 6

The movement of very large material such as boulders by rolling them along sea floor

Question 7

What is saltation

Answer 7

The movement of a small amount of material by bouncing along sea bed

Question 8

What is suspension

Answer 8

The movement of a fine amount of material by suspending it in the water

Question 9

What is solution

Answer 9

The movement of a very fine amount of material by it being chemically dissolved in the water

Question 10

What do we get when we have got a high amount of velocity

Answer 10

Erosion and transportation (traction and saltation)

Question 11

What do we get when we have a slower velocity

Answer 11

Slower transportation (suspension and solution )

Question 12

Where is erosion done

Answer 12

Cliffs

Question 13

Where is transportation done

Answer 13

Beaches and material from eroded cliffs

Question 14

What do we got we have a discordant coast line

Answer 14

A headland and bay from differences in geology

Question 15

What do we get when we have a concordant coastline

Answer 15

A straight coastline because of there only being one rock type

Question 16

What is topography

Answer 16

The height and shape of the land

Question 17

What was the UK’s landscape formed by

Answer 17

Glacial erosion and deposition
Weathering and climatological
Post glacial river and slope processes

Question 18

How does a wave form

Answer 18

1. Prevailing winds
2. Friction on the water
3. Circular motion
4. Friction on sea bed makes elliptical motion
5. Fast on top, slow on bottom because of frictional drag
6. Wave breaks because the top takes over the bottom
7. Swash
8. Backwash

Question 19

What is fetch

Answer 19

The distance in which the winds flow uninterrupted

Question 20

What conditions make big waves

Answer 20

A long fetch, steep shelving beach, strong winds

Question 21

What does big waves mean

Answer 21

More erosion

Question 22

What is the swash of the wave

Answer 22

When the wave breaks water is sent up the beach, this is stronger in constructive waves and weaker in destructive waves

Question 23

How much land does great Cowdenbeath lose each year

Answer 23

4 metres

Question 24

Name three hard engineering techniques

Answer 24

Gabions, rock armour and groynes

Question 25

Name three soft engineering techniques

Answer 25

Offshore reef, sand dunes, beach recycling