Karst landscape: the Burren
Download a three-page Junior Cycle geography worksheet labelling the karst features of the Burren and explaining how limestone is weathered.
- Subject
- Geography
- Year group
- 1st Year · Junior Cycle
- Curriculum topic
- Exploring the physical world: karst landscapes
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This three-page worksheet uses the Burren in Co. Clare as a case study of a karst landscape. Students label clints, grikes, a swallow hole, a cave and an underground river on a cutaway diagram, complete sentences explaining how rainwater and carbon dioxide dissolve limestone, and answer photo-based multiple-choice questions, including on Aillwee Cave.
Teaching notes
Teach the process of carbonation before students attempt the fill-the-gap section. Photographs of Poulnabrone and the limestone pavement near Fanore make useful starters, and the sheet works well as preparation for a Burren field trip.
Learning objectives
- Label clints, grikes, swallow holes and caves on a karst diagram.
- Explain how rainwater weathers limestone.
- Identify karst features in a photograph of the Burren.
What’s included
- Three printable worksheet pages
- Cutaway labelling diagram of a karst landscape
- Fill-the-gap and multiple-choice checks
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