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WorksheetsJC Geography: Karst Landscape
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 26mins
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
Limestone pavement is made up of clints and grikes
True
False
What is A in the diagram above?
a clint
a grike
What is B in the diagram above?
a clint
a grike
