karst vocab practice

A landscape underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing springs, sinkholes, caves and aquifers.

• landform

• karst

• Topography

• Aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.

• Karst

• Landform

• Topography

• Cave/caverns

A naturally occurring underground hollow or passage, especially one with an opening to the surface of the Earth.

• Cave/cavern

• Aquifer

• Limestone

• Stream

a cavity in the ground, especially in limestone bedrock, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water and soil to disappear underground.

• Spring

• Cave

• Aquifer

• Sinkhole

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A layer of porous and permeable material such as sand,gravel, limestone, through which water flows and is stored.

• Sinkhole

• Limestone

• Aquifer

• Cave

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A natural feature of the earth's surface such as a mountain, a hill or a beach.

• Landform

• Cave

• Aquifer

• Topography

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A place where water bubbles up to the surface from an underground source such as an aquifer.

• Cave

• Spring

• Aquifer

• run-off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Surface water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface, and is a major component of the water cycle

• cavern

• spring

• aquifer

• run-off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

To gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land).

• dissolve

• erode

• run-off

• topography

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Able to be dissolved, especially in water.

• erode

• soluble

• aquifer

• run-off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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