What is geology? | The study of rocks. |
What countries make up the UK? | England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. |
What is topography? | How high or low an area is. |
What does the relief map tell us about the topography of the UK? | The high and steep areas are mainly across the north and west of the UK.
The low land areas are across the south-east and central parts of England.
The Tees-Exe line is the general border between upland and lowland areas, showing the noticeable difference. |
Why is Malham Cove, The Penines a mysetery? | It's a mystery for Malham Cove for geologists because there is pale, grey rock which is sedimentary, called limestone. This has made a theory that part of England was underwater in the past. |
How did geology create UK's landscape? | Geological processes have formed rocks like sedimentary rock at the bottom of the ocean. |
How did tectonic processes create UK's landscape? | Convection currents in the mantle uplift plates, making the UK rise out of the sea and move north from the equator. |