TBSHS GCSE Geography: Changing Landscapes of the UK Quiz 2

520 million years ago the UK was close to plate boundaries. Two plates converged to form the upland mountain landscapes of:

• Northern Scotland, the Lake District and North Wales

• The Lake District, North Wales and East Anglia

• The Norfolk Broads, the Yorkshire Dales, North Wales

• Dartmoor, North Wales, the South Downs

20,000 years ago, the UK was mostly covered in ice. The ice carved...

• V-shaped valleys

• A-shaped valleys

• L-shaped valleys

• U-shaped valleys

Since the last Ice Age, rivers have eroded...

• V-shaped valleys

• A-shaped valleys

• L-shaped valleys

• U-shaped valleys

Study the image.

State the physical process by which the scree slope has been formed.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Precipitation

• Weathering

Which statement best describes the climate of the English Lake District?

• Low precipitation, low temperatures

• High precipitation, high temperatures

• High precipitation, low temperatures

• Low precipitation, high temperatures

Three types of weathering that have an impact on the landscape are...

• Mechanical, chemical and erosion

• Chemical, erosion and deposition

• Deposition, mechanical and chemical

• Biological, chemical and mechanical

Upland areas of the UK, such as the landscape shown, are composed of...

• Resistant rock, mainly composed of igneous or metamorphic rock

• Less resistant rock, mainly composed of sedimentary rock

• Less resistant rock, mainly composed of igneous or metamorphic rock

• Resistant rock, mainly composed of sedimentary rock

Choose which TWO statements are a characteristic of sedimentary rock

• Rocks formed in layers

• Rocks formed from other rocks

• May contain fossils of plants and animals

• Crystals are formed in layers

Choose which TWO statements are a characteristic of metamorphic rock

• Rocks formed because of heat/pressure

• Made of grains that cemented together

• Lava cools and solidifies

• Rocks formed from other rocks

Choose which TWO statements are a characteristic of igneous rock

• Permeable

• Formed from volcanic activity

• More resistant to erosion and weathering

• Rocks formed from other rocks