Rocks and landscapes they form

• Granite and what landscape it forms

  • Resistant, forms upland landscapes
  • Impermeable, does not let water through, this creates moorlands
  • Have joints ( cracks) in certain areas, which forms tors
• Slate and Schist and what landscape they form

  • Slate forms in layers
  • Hard and resistant but easily split into thin slabs due to layers
  • Schist has bigger crystals and splits easily into flakes
  • They both form rugged upland landscapes
• Carboniferious limestone and the landscape they form

  • Formed when rainwater eats away at limestone through carbonation weathering
  • Mainly occurs along joints to form limestone pavements and gorges
  • Permeable, so form dry valleys and resurgent rivers
• Chalk and clay and the landscape they form

  • Chalk forms lowlands and cliffs at the coast, one side hill steep and one side is gentle
  • Chalk is impermeable
  • Clay is soft and erodes easily
  • It forms wide flat valleys
  • Lots of streams and lakes
• The older a sedimentary rock and more compacted it is, the stronger it will be