Geography 4.2 - Physical And Human Processes

Question 1

How forestry affects landscapes

Answer 1

It creates local jobs and provides timber and creates conifer forests but may put farming into decline

Question 2

What is weathering

Answer 2

Weathering is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earths surface

Question 3

Weathering found in upland

Answer 3

Scree and landslides

Freeze thaw weathering

Question 4

Weathering found in lowland

Answer 4

Chemical weathering

Question 5

2 ways humans have affected the upland landscape

Answer 5

Afforestation is being used much more to create timber

Sheep farming can cause problems for hills and slopes as the sheep stop plants and trees growing

Question 6

2 ways humans have affected the lowland landscape

Answer 6

Deforestation is used to create bigger fields for farmers

Settlements are very compact and found around farmland

Question 7

Which landscape (upland or lowland) has been affected more by humans

Answer 7

Lowland landscapes have been affected more as more settlements have been built, deforestation has occurred and there there are more farmlands to increase crop farming