The landscape of the Lake District | Geography | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Put these National Parks in order from north to south.

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Cairngorms

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Lake District

3

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Peak District

4

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New Forest
Which of these are lakes in the Lake District?

Scafell Pike

Windermere ✓

Keswick

Bassenthwaite Lake ✓
Which of these is a settlement, which is a lake and which is a mountain in the Lake District?

Helvellyn

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mountain ✓

Keswick

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settlement ✓

Windermere

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lake ✓
What do National Parks aim to do for the natural environment? Unscramble the letters to find the answer.

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P

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R

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O

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T

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E

6

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C

7

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T
Match the term to the correct definition.

lake

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a large area of water surrounded by land ✓

mountain

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a natural raised part of Earth’s surface that is higher than a hill ✓

region

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a part of a country or the world ✓
The Lake District National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. What does this mean?

It is also an area which is protected by international agreements. ✓

It is an area where no change can ever take place.

It is an area where nobody can live or work.

Exit quiz

Which of these processes created the mountain landscape in the Lake District?

Earthquakes

Volcanic activity ✓

Erosion by glaciers ✓

Collision of tectonic plates ✓
What do geologists study?

Rocks ✓

Human bodies

Plants and flowers
How did the movement of tectonic plates create the mountains in the Lake District?

They collided ✓

The moved apart

The moved alongside each other
How did glaciers change the Lake District?

They created U shaped valleys. ✓

They pushed the land upwards to create mountains.

They did not change the landscape.
What created the lakes in the Lake District?

rivers

glaciers ✓

volcanoes
What type of lakes are created by glaciers. Unscramble the letters to help find the answer.

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R

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I

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B

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B

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O

7

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N

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Key learning points

Rocks in the Lake District reveal changes over millions of years
Mountains, valleys and lakes here have been created by colliding continents, and forces of folding and uplift
The rocks were shaped by ice sheets and the actions of glaciers
High rainfall, and deep glacial valleys, means much water can be stored, volcanic rock stops water draining away

Common misconception

Children may think the mountains of the Lake District are volcanoes.

The volcanoes which produces the lava and ash that fell onto the Lake District were not the mountains themselves. Volcanic rock formed as a result of nearby volcanic activity.

Keywords

Erosion - Erosion is the process of Earth’s surface, e.g. rock or soil, being worn away and transported from its original site
Tarn - A tarn is a mountain lake or pool.
Volcanic ash - Volcanic ash is made of small pieces of cooled lava and rock thrown into the air when a volcano erupts
Lava - Lava is molten rock that has broken through Earth’s surface. When it is still below the surface it is known as magma
Tectonic plates - The huge pieces that Earth’s crust is broken into are known as tectonic plates