Limestone Features

Which one of these features is an underground limestone feature?

• Clint

• Grike

• Pillar

• Doline

This feature is formed when calcium carbonate is deposited on the ceiling of a cave.

• stalagmite

• sink hole

• stalactite

• pillar

This feature is formed when the roof of an underground cavern collapses.

• stalagmite

• sink hole

• stalactite

• pillar

This feature is formed when calcium carbonate is deposited on the floor of a cave.

• stalagmite

• sink hole

• stalactite

• pillar

When a stalactite and a stalagmite meet they form a new feature known as a:

• cave

• stalactomite

• cockpit

• pillar

A large area with many small hills and depressions which forms in limestone is known as:

• cockpits

• cave systems

• sink holes

• karst

Cockpit Country is found where

• Jamaica

• Barbados

• Bahamas

• Trinidad

Harrison's Cave is found in which Caribbean Island?

• Bermuda

• Bahamas

• Barbados

• Barbuda

Sometimes in Limestone Regions Rivers disappear underground.

• True

• False

Chemical name for limestone....

• Calcium carbonate

• Calcium oxide

• Calcium hydroxide

• Calcium chloride