UK Physical Landscapes

1. U-shaped valley is created by what?
4. Rapid movement of a large amount of rock, soil, or debris down a steep slope due to gravity.
7. Describes the height and shape of the land
8. Stones on the bottom of the glacier drag along the surface of the land as the glacier moves.
10. Type of weathering involving plants and animals
13. Plate boundary where plates are moving away from each other, creating fold mountains.
14. The process of rocks breaking down or dissolving
15. Rapid flow of saturated soil and mud down a slope
17. Type of weathering involving the dissolving of limestone
18. Mainly found in Scotland, Wales and the West of England
20. Type of rock formed from cooled magma

2. Mainly found in the south and east of England
3. When water can soak into rocks such as chalk and limestone
5. The study of rocks
6. Name for rocks changed by heat and pressure
9. V-shaped valley is created by what?
11. Rock type commonly associated with fossils
12. Bowl-shaped hollow in a mountain caused by glacial erosion
16. Glaciers freeze around a bit of rock when the glacier moves it plucks the rock from the ground.
19. creep, Gradual downhill movement of soil and loose material