Plate tectonics and fold mountains
What is the hottest layer of earth?
The inner core
Name the 3 types of rocks?
Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
Name 2 types of coastal protection
Sand dunes, groynes, rock armour, sea walls, gabions
Where does a river start and end?
Source and mouth
What are clints and grikes?
These are the cracks and blocks that make up a limestone pavement
What was it called 250 million years ago, when all the plates were together?
Pangaea
Name one type of non-renewable and one renewable energy resource?
Any valid answer
What is the name of the process of sand moving up the beach?
Longshore drift
What are the small rivers that joins a main river called?
Tributaries
What are the two processes of glacial erosion?
Plucking and abrasion
Who came up with the theory of plate tectonics?
Alfred Wegener
Name two sedimentary rocks
Limestone and sandstone
Name 1 landform of coastal erosion and coastal deposition.
Any valid
What river landform has deposition and erosion?
Meander
What landform is also known as a ‘basket of eggs’ landform?
Drumlins
What is the period of alpine folding? Example of a mountain period?
This period created much of the younger fold mountians, alps or rockies
What two factors are needed to turn a rock into metamorphic?
Heat and pressure
Name the 5 types of coastal erosion.
Hydraulic action, compressed air, abrasion, attrition, solution
Name 4 ways rivers transport their load
Rolling, solution, bouncing, suspension
Where do glaciers start?
Cirques
Name two passive plate boundaries
North American plate and pacific plate
What is the biggest Irish gas field?
corrib gas field
What are the two factors that influence wind power? Explain them
Speed and fetch
What material are levees made up of?
Alluvium
Name 3 types of moraines
Lateral, medial, ground, terminal