A2 Edexcel Geography 2016 Contested Planet/Geographical Research

Erosion and Weathering. Intrusive features do not impact landscapes until they have been uncovered by erosion and weathering (e.g. Isle of Arran). You must keep in mind that there is a difference between a landscape and landform.

hmm i dont know, cause the ridge itself (the mountains and submarine volcanoes) is formed by the creation of new crust at the surface as the magma rises cools. Without the magma rising and cool now new crust would be formed and there wouldnt be a atlantic ridge so i think its a volcanic process :/

This is what I was thinking, but the East African Rift valley was formed in a similar way and that is seismic

hmm i dont know, cause the ridge itself (the mountains and submarine volcanoes) is formed by the creation of new crust at the surface as the magma rises cools. Without the magma rising and cool now new crust would be formed and there wouldnt be a atlantic ridge so i think its a volcanic process :/

Ah yeah. But isn't intrusive activity also tectonic? and am I right in thinking that intrusive activity doesn't have to occur on plate boundaries?

that's my problem, Im so unsure of how to categorise it. because you can say that the convection currents put pressure upwards before flowing laterally, the upwards tension does create initial height, this is just furthered with the rising magma and cooling.

I'm just trying to keep mine simple, anything which is formed by stresses in earth im categorizing as seismic while those being formed by rising magma from the mantle are volcanic. I don't know if my answers are right but as long as my report kind of makes sense it'll be ok i think. Many books and websites contradict each other and some landscapes can be classed as botu seismic and volcanic. Another issue is trying to differentiate between landscape and land form.

To be honest just try your best and go with what you have got, for me its too late to change so what ever i have drafted even if its wrong im going to use.

Should you write in 1st person in the report e.g ' in this report i will be analysing the impact of seismic, extrusive and igneous processes on the landscape' etc'??
also,
do they actually check that the info you have said is actually from the source you have said it is and after mentioning the sources in your methodology do you need to mention them again in your analysis e.g' this information was gathered from the Geography textbook etc'?

Never write in first report perhaps instead write "in this report the". Yes you need to reference them in the analysis

Really I thought Fold mountains were caused by stresses (seismic) in the continental crust which result in layers of rock within the crust folding up and down creating fold mountains :/

How did the unit 4 exam go for everyone?

There's always a lot to write about in geography exams; I realise that I forgot to write about a couple of important things, and then feel like I did badly, when it actually went quite well.

Agreed. I think sometimes when you feel it went well, you try and look for any faults and then doubt yourself. I feel the same, which maybe is a good sign