The coasts and relief of Britain

The coasts of Britain are

• straight

• heavily indented

• long by comparison to the size of the country

• low lying sandy beaches mostly

Which coastal region is the most irregular?

• The Scottish coast.

• The Welsh coast.

• The southern coast.

• The eastern coasts.

The Green Bridge of Wales is

• a stack.

• a stump.

• an arch.

• a bay.

Bays are made of harder rock while headlands are composed of softer rock.

• True

• False

The landforms of the UK are various because

• they are made of differing rock types.

• they are made of carboniferous limestone.

• they are made of volcanic rocks.

Millstone grit is an example of

• igneous rocks.

• sedimentary rocks.

• metamorphic rocks.

Granite is

• a soft rock.

• a hard rock.

• an igneous rock.

The Tyne and Exe rivers are important also because

• they are the extreme points of an imaginary line which marks a boundary.

• they are imaginary.

• they mark a boundary between England and Wales.

• to the northwest of the line uniting them is higher Britain.

Exmoor and Dartmoor are

• plateaux in the south-east.

• granite plateaux.

• plateaux in the south-west.

Geographically speaking, downs are

• valleys.

• assymmetrical hills.

• hills with a dip and a sharp slope.

• mostly in the south and east.