Limestone characteristics

Lime stone is made of

The following are Limestone characteristics

• Remains of organic matter

• Dark colour

• Cracks and joints

• Iron fragments

Limestone is a

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Limestone scenery is also known as

• Limey scenery

• Carbon scenery

• Karst Scenery

• Caribbean scenery

Limestone is made up of

• no calcium carbonate

• 50% calcium carbonate

• more than 80% calcium carbonate

• 20% calcium carbonate

Limestone can be slowly dissolved by rainwater or groundwater.

• True

• False

The name given to the distinctive landscapes which form in limestone areas is:

• cockpits

• sinkholes

• cave systems

• karst

Harrison's Cave is found in which Caribbean Island?

• Bermuda

• Bahamas

• Barbados

• Barbuda

Sometimes in Limestone Regions Rivers disappear underground.

• True

• False

Barbados is mainly made up of

• clay

• granite

• limestone

• gneiss