JC Geography: Karst Landscape

What is a Karst Landscape?

• A distinctive landscape made of bare limestone and formed by coastal erosion

• A distinctive landscape made of bare granite and formed by mechanical weathering

• A distinctive landscape made of bare sandstone and formed by chemical weathering

• A distinctive landscape made of limestone and formed by chemical weathering

Where would you find an example of a Karst landscape in Ireland?

• The Wicklow Mountains

• The Giant's Causeway, Co Antrim

• The Burren, Co Clare

• Achill Island, Co Mayo

Which type of weathering creates a Karst landscape?

• Chemical weathering

• Mechanical weathering

Which specific process of weathering is responsible for creating the landforms found in a Karst landscape?

• Filtration

• Freeze Thaw Action

• Carbonation

• Saltation

If something is permeable, what does this mean?

• Water can easily pass through it

• Water cannot pass through it

• It absorbs all water it touches

• It evaporates all water that falls on it

Limestone is an permeable rock.

• True

• False

What kind of rock is limestone?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

Limestone is made up of

• mica

• calcium carbonate

• quartz

• feldspar

Tick all that are features of limestone.

• Joints (vertical cracks)

• Horizontal bedding planes

• Horizontal wedding plains

• Points (bumps)

What is produced when rainwater mixes with carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere?

• calcium carbonate

• a weak carbonic acid

• calcite