EVOLVING PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE

• Folding


  the bending of rock layers due to stress examples: Luworth Cove Dorset
• Faulting


  process of cracking that occurs when the folded land cannot be bent any further examples: Giggleswick Scar, Yorkshire
• biological weathering


  breakdown of rocks by living things
• chemical weathering


  the process of chemicals in rainwater making changes to the minerals in a rock. examples: Dartmoor Tors
• Freeze thaw


  occurs when water continually seeps into cracks, freezes and expands, eventually breaking the rock apart.
• Scree


  piles of loose rock
• Clints


  a section of a limestone pavement separated from adjacent sections by solution fissures.
• gykes


  Rainwater seeps into the cracks and dissolves the limestone along the crack, making it wider.
• U-shaped valley


  The shape of a valley formed by the erosion of a glacier
• Ribbon Lakes


  Long thin lake that fills the floor of a glaciated valley
• Scarp and vale


  scarp = steep slope

  vale = flat area

  cause = weathering and erosion
• South and East of the Uk

  softer rock means these areas eroded quicker
• West of the UK

  harder rock means these areas eroded less
• igneous rock


  result of volcanic activity, it's cooled and solidified to form Basalt rock
• sedimentary rock


  a rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment
• limestone


  a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
• clay


  compressed mud
• chalk


  Sedimentary
• Explain


  twoways in which human activities result in distinctive landscapes.In some areas settlements have been built changing the original land-use from forest to urban environments whereas in other areas there have been fewer changes.

  
  

  Farming has cleared the original forest cover creating a 'new' rural landscape where crops are grown to be sold although some areas remain 'wild
• Explain


  oneway in which wave height affects the rate of coastal erosion.It increases it because more water = more energy leads to more erosion and hydraulic action and more abrasion
• Lake District


  Upland with glacial features, tourists national park.