Physical Landscapes of the UK Practice Questions

Question 1

6 marks

The table describes the locations of four areas of the UK.

Letter	Description of location
A	An upland area in the far north of Great Britain, containing Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK.
B	A range of hills often called the 'backbone of England', running south from the Tyne Gap towards the Peak District.
C	A very flat, low-lying area of drained marshland around the Wash, in eastern England.
D	An area of granite moorland in the south-west of England, in the county of Devon.

(a)

Which one of the following is a lowland area of the UK?

Snowdonia
The Cheshire Plain
The Cambrian Mountains
The North York Moors

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(b)

Using the table, name the areas labelled B, C and D.

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(c)

Describe the overall distribution of upland areas in the UK.

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Question 2

6 marks

The table gives information about three of the UK's major rivers.

River	Source	Mouth
Severn	Plynlimon, Cambrian Mountains	(i)
Thames	(ii)	Thames Estuary
Tyne	North Pennines and Cheviot Hills	(iii)

(a)

Which one of the following rivers flows into the Irish Sea?

River Trent
River Mersey
River Tyne
River Thames

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(b)

Complete the table by giving the missing information at (i), (ii) and (iii).

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(c)

Suggest why the sources of most of the UK's major rivers are found in upland areas.

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Question 3

4 marks

A photograph shows a landscape in an upland part of northern Britain. In the photograph, a steep-sided valley has bare rocky outcrops and scree on its upper slopes. Above about 400 m the land is covered with rough grass, heather and peat bog, and there are no trees. A single-track road runs along the valley floor past one stone farmhouse. The fields on the lower slopes are large and divided by dry stone walls, and sheep are grazing on them.

(a)

Using the photograph description, give two pieces of evidence that this is an upland landscape.

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(b)

Suggest two reasons why sheep farming, rather than growing crops, is the main type of farming in this landscape.

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Question 0

9 marks

The table shows information taken from a 1:50 000 Ordnance Survey map extract of an upland area in northern Britain.

Feature on the map extract	Six-figure grid reference	Height above sea level
Trig point, Great Fell summit	342876	682 m
Farm, High Gill	355864	405 m
Road bridge over the River Langden	371851	190 m
Youth hostel, Langden	386843	215 m

(a)

Give the four-figure grid reference of the grid square that contains the farm at High Gill.

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(b)

Using the grid references in the table, calculate the straight-line distance between the trig point at Great Fell summit and the youth hostel at Langden. Show your working.

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(c)

On the map extract, the contour lines between Great Fell summit and High Gill farm are very close together, but around the youth hostel at Langden they are widely spaced. State what this shows about the relief in each of these two places.

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(d)

Using all the information in the table, describe the relief of the area shown on the map extract.

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Question 0

6 marks

The table gives information about five major UK rivers.

River	Source area (height of source)	General direction of flow	Mouth
Severn	Plynlimon, Cambrian Mountains (about 610 m)	North, then east and south	Bristol Channel
Thames	Cotswold Hills (about 110 m)	East	North Sea
Trent	Staffordshire Moorlands, southern Pennines (about 275 m)	East, then north-east	Humber Estuary
Tyne	North Pennines and Cheviot Hills (over 500 m)	East	North Sea
Mersey	Pennine foothills (about 200 m)	West	Irish Sea

(a)

Using the table, describe the relationship between relief and the UK's major river systems.

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(b)

Suggest one reason why more of the UK's major rivers flow into the North Sea than into the Irish Sea.

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Question 0

6 marks

The cross-section below shows how the height of the land changes along a west–east transect across northern Britain.

(a)

State the height of the land at point A on the cross-section.

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(b)

Using the cross-section, describe how the relief changes between the west coast and the east coast.

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(c)

Suggest why large settlements and arable farming are more likely in an area such as D than in an area such as A.

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