Revision Activity

1. Explain what type of weathering would most common in the following areas? Use an atlas to help you locate them.

a) Antarctica

b) the Amazon River area

c) the Namib                                                                                                           (3)

2. Draw fully labelled diagrams to show:

a) exfoliation by temperature changes                                                                   (4)

b) Freeze-thaw action                                                                                             (4)

3. Describe the effect that humans have had on weathering.                                 (4)

4. Why is granite increasingly being used as a building material?                          (1)

5. List and explain the 3 different types of chemical weathering                             (3x2=6)

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