Landform Activity for review. #1 A rock heats in the sun and cracks.
Natural Agents of Change
THE ROCK CYCLE Important terms. Weathering The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces There are two big categories.
Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks contain minerals and are formed by processes that occur within Earth over a variety of timescales.
Lithosphere: Glaciated Uplands Glacier formation Glacier as a system Processes of erosion.
Landform Activity
Glaciation: The Lake District
Weathering D. Crowley, 2008. Weathering To know how rocks are weathered.
Igneous Rocks. Igneous rocks form when magma cools and hardens. Photo used with permission from Mike Jarvis, Naperville Central HS, Naperville, IL Igneous.
Glaciation: The Lake District Environmental Interactions: Rural Land Resources.
The ‘Ice Age’ was a series of advances and retreats of the icecaps. It lasted from 1.7 million years to 10,000 years BP. Most of Britain was glaciated.
Weathering and Erosion Natures way of tearing down everything that has been built up over billions of years.
