Slope evolution

Question 1

What transforms landscapes

Answer 1

Exogenic/external forces

Question 2

The three types of exogenic/external forces

Answer 2

1. Weathering
2. Mass movement/mass wasting
3. Erosion, transportation and deposition

Question 3

What is geomorphology

Answer 3

The study of rocks and landforms and the processes which alter them

Question 4

The three types of slope stages

Answer 4

1. Youthful: High rugged mountains with pointed peaks
2. Mature: Rounded landforms shaped by exogenic/external forces
3. Old age: Landscape is almost flat reaching the peneplain/ base level and cannot be further eroded unless it is raised through rejuvenation

Peneplain = sea level