Rocks, Resources and Scenery

Types of Rock
1. Igneous
  1. Molten THEN Harden
  2. Intrusive/Granite
  3. Extrusive/Basalt
2. Sedimentary
  1. Layers Sediment compacted
    1. Solid Rock
3. Metamorpic
  1. Heat and pressure
Rock Cycle
1. Picture/List
2. Long time rocks to form
Weathering
1. Breakdown of rocks where they are
  1. Chemical
    1. Changing chemical Composition
      1. Solution
      2. Carbonation
  2. Biological
    1. Plants and animals
      1. (Plants) its roots
      2. (animals) Burrowing
  3. Mechanical
    1. Physical (BREAK DOWN)
      1. Freeze thaw (Diagram)
      2. Exfoliation (Diagram)
Rocks and landscapes
1. Granite landscapes
  1. they have tors and moorland
  2. Granite is impermeable which creates moorlands
    1. Large areas of water logged and acidic soil and low growing vegatation
2. Chalk and Clay Landscapes
  1. you have escarpments and vales.
  2. Chalk is a aquifer-permeable rock that stores water.
3. Carbon iferous limestone
  1. you get limestone pavements, swallow holes, caverns, gorges.
  2. limestone is permeable and water seeping through limestone contains dissolved minerals,
    1. when is solidifies over time it produces stalactites and stalagmites
Whatley Quarry Somerset
1. Advantages
  1. The quarry employees a lot of people, around 100 people full time
  2. It has a study centre around 4,000 people visit every year
  3. The quarry has donated stone to build a cycle track in the local area
2. Disadvantages
  1. Each blast removes 25,000 tons of rock and this creates a lot of noise and disrupts wildlife
  2. The quarry is around 1.5km long and 0.6km wide and its destroyed a large area of habitat
  3. A man was killed in an industrial accident in 2008

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