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Speleothems are frequently formed when

this fluid drips from a cave ceiling.

Answer:

WaterWater

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Speleothems form as these precipitate out

of fluids and are deposited on cave ceilings and walls.Answer: MineralsMinerals

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Speleothems consist mainly of

this type of mineral.

Answer: CalciteCalcite

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The term “speleothem” refers to what a cave

formation looks like (its morphology), and not its

composition.Answer: TRUETRUE

True or False

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One thing that all speleothems have in

common is that they cannot form until the level of the

cave is above this:

Answer: Water tableWater table

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These types of caves are produced from the action of waves pounding

against rocks that line the shores of oceans and lakes.

Answer: Sea Sea cavescaves

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This type of cave was commonly used by early people for

shelter.

Answer: Sandstone Sandstone cavescaves

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This is another

name for a lava cave.

Answer: Lava tubeLava tube

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This the name for the piles of rocks that are produced from rockslides that can contain

spaces large enough to produce cave-like formations.

Answer: TalusTalus

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Name the 2 types of ice caves:

1.) This type is formed in ice.

2.) This type is formed in rock but stays frozen year round.

Answers: 1.) glacier 1.) glacier cavecave

2.) frozen 2.) frozen cavecave

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This type of cave is formed when

acidic water dissolves rocks like limestone.

Answer: Solution Solution CaveCave



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This type of cave is formed when the action of earthquakes form natural

cracks in rock.

Answer: Tectonic Tectonic cavecave



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The hard upper crust of lava caves is formed as this

touches the flowing lava and cools it.

Answer: airair



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This is the term used when referring to the

act or process of dissolving.

Answer: DissolutionDissolution



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The ceilings of water-filled caves are supported by this type of force.

Answer: Buyout Buyout forceforce

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What name is given to

animals that love to spend

time in caves?

Answer: TroglophilesTroglophiles

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What is the name for the cave animal that is only a

periodic visitor?

Answer: TrogloxeneTrogloxene

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What name is given to

animals that are adapted to

spend their entire lives in

caves?

Answer: TroglobitesTroglobites

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What factor is used to determine in which

category a cave animal is classified?

Answer: The amount of TIMETIME an animal spends in

a cave.

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Name the 4 life zones in a cave.

Answers:

1. Entrance ZoneEntrance Zone

2. Twilight ZoneTwilight Zone

3. Variable Temperature Variable Temperature and and Total Darkness Total Darkness

4. Dark ZoneDark Zone

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What 2 types of speleothems have joined

together to make this column? StalacStalac

titetite

StalagStalagmitemite

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200This speleothem

sometimes resembles bacon…what is it?

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What type of speleothems are these?

Answer: Cave Cave flowersflowersPhotos from the National Park Service Cave and Karst Program


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This speleothem

can eventually grow into a stalactite.

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What type of speleothems are

these?

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What are the 3 main rock

types?Answer: Igneous Igneous Sedimentary Sedimentary MetamorphicMetamorphic

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What are the spaces between soil particles

called?

Answer: Pore spacesPore spaces

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Of the 3 main rock types, nearly all

fossils are found in this rock type:Answer:

Sedimentary RocksSedimentary Rocks

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This is the term given to the study of forms

of life existing in prehistoric or

geological times, especially as

represented by fossils.Answer:

PaleontologyPaleontology

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The nests of packrats can be considered biological

warehouses due to the enormous amounts of fossils

they contain.

What is the name for these nests?Answers: MiddensMiddens

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