Physical Landscapes Flashcards

(30 cards)

1
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Landscape

A

The visible features of an area of land

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2
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Uplands

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Land that is hilly or mountainous

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3
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Foreground

A

The front part of a view

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4
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Land use

A

What the land is used for.
Eg farming or industry

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5
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Physical layer

A

Rock type and how landscape processes have sculpted the landscape

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6
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Biological layer

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Soil plants trees etc.

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7
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Human layer

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Settlements communications farming etc.

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8
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Geology

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The study of rocks beneath our feet

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9
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Rock cycle

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Describes how rocks are constantly being changed from one type to another

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10
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Limestone pavement

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Limestone surface separated by deep cracks

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11
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Gryke

A

A deep crack in the surface of something

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12
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Clints

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Limestone blocks separated by deep cracks

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13
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Weathering

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The process that takes place as rocks and other parts of the geosphere are broken down into smaller pieces.

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14
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Erosion

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The movement of weathered rocks by natural forces

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15
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Mechanical weathering

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The process of breaking big rocks into little ones

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16
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Chemical weathering

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Changes of shape or colour caused by various substances

17
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Lowlands

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Flat land not much higher than sea level

18
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Igneous

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A type of rock formed on the Earth’s surface or deep underground by the cooling of molten rock

19
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Sedimentary

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A type of rich formed by the deposition of sediment

20
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Metamorphic

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A type of rock that has undergone change due to intense heat and/or pressure

21
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hydraulic action

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the power of the water breaking rocks apart

22
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abrasion

A

rocks and pebbles grind across the sand in a sandpaper fashion

23
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attrition

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rocks bump against each other and break apart or become more rounded

24
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solution

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water dissolving rocks

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freeze-thaw weathering
where water continually freezes in the cracks of rock, making them bigger, and eventually breaks the rock apart.
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corrie
a round hollow made in the side of a mountain by a glacier
27
glacial erosion
glaciers moving down slopes erode and break apart the rocks and land on the slope
28
scree
small loose stones created by freeze thaw weathering
29
glacier
a river of ice, usually occupying a valley
30
ice sheet
a large layer of ice several kilometres thick