Karst Topography Review Questions

_____ hang from the ceiling.

• Stalactites

• Spelunkers

• Caverns

• Stalagmites

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

______ rise from the floor.

• Speleologists

• Spelunkers

• Stalagmites

• Caverns

Speleothems form from ______

• carbon dioxide

• pure water

• rainwater

• calcium carbonate

First caves form from erosion, then ____ forms from deposition.

• speleotherms

• limestone

• carbonic acid

• Spelunkers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Only _____ water can dissolve limestone.

• Basic

• Heavy

• Acidic

• Pure

Karst topography is an area that has

• lots of mountains

• many lakes

• caves and sinkholes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Caves and sinkholes occur because

• acid rain weathers rock over time

• magma pushes its way through the rock forming holes

• Water wears away the rock forming caves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

One problem karst topography presents to groundwater is that it can easily contaminate well water for thousands of people from spills or leaks in the ground.

• true

• false

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-ESS2-4

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

• stalagmite

• sink hole

• stalactite

• pillar

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