Caves

What is limestone made of?

• shells of sea creatures

• minerals and sand
• plants and animals
• lava

What is the most common type of cave?

• Sea cave
• Lava tube
• Ice cave
• Solution cave

This type of cave forms when waves repeatedly crash against rocks and cliffs.

_____________ weathering and erosion happens when rock is broken down into sediments that are carried away by wind and rain.

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

• Pillar

• Flow stone
• Column
• Curtain

Stalagmites form on the _____________ of a cave.

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This type of cave is formed by coral colonies joining together and then breaking apart through weathering and erosion.

What is the study of caves?

• Speleology

• Geology

• Topography

• Cartography

_____________ are people who explore caves.