Caves

What are some features of a cave?

• stalactites

• tunnels

• stalagmites

• all of the above

Rock formations hanging from a roof are called ________.

• stalactites

• stalagmites

• troglodytes

• minerals

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What is the most common type of cave?

• Sea cave

• Lava tube

• Ice cave

• Limestone cave

Which of the following results from the joining of a stalactite and stalagmite?

• Drapery

• Flow stone

• Column

• Soda straw

The ways the caves are formed

• As acidic rain dissolves rock

• Heavy rain erode cliffs

• Ocean waves erode cliffs, water melts

• As calcite from dripping water hardens

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Stalagmites are known as a

• a sharp pointed object coming up from the floor of a cave

• a sharp pointed object hanging down from the roof of a cave

Limestone caves form

• as melting water runs under glaciers

• as acidic rain dissolves rock

• as ocean waves and heavy rain erode cliffs

• as melting water runs through cracks in the ice

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Sea caves form

• as melting water runs under glaciers

• as acidic rain dissolves rock

• as ocean waves and heavy rain erode cliffs

• as melting water runs through cracks in the ice

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Which of the following terms refers to animals that live completely in the dark and usually have no color and are blind?

•  Cave dwellers

• Troglobites

• Stalactites

• Stalagmites

Just about anywhere underground is a _________.

• Fire

• Pigment

• Cave

• eco-system