Physical landscapes in the UK

Relief

Relief is the shape, height and steepness of land.

Geology

The rock type.

Little Ice Age

Happened between 1550 - 1750, severe winters.

Laurentide Ice Sheet

Was the ice sheet in North America 18000 years ago.

Last Glacial Maximum

26000-18000 years ago, had 3x more glacier ice than now.

Epoch

A particular period of time marked by distinctive features.

Ice Age

Was 2.6 million years ago, was the expansion of ice sheets and glaciers.

Quaternary Period

Was 2.6 million years ago to now, split into Pleistocene epoch and Holocene epoch.

Pleistocene Epoch

Was 2.6 million years ago to 11000 years ago.

Holocene Epoch

Was 11000 years ago to now.

Glacial Period

Had average cold temp of 11C.

Interglacial Period

Had average warm temp of 15C.

Last Glacial Period

Was within Pleistocene epoch, 110,000 years ago.

Scandinavian Ice Sheets

Covered north and central UK.