Cave Exploration and Features

The video introduces caves, explaining their formation, types, and features like stalactites and stalagmites. It covers various cave types, including solution, lava, sea, and ice caves. The video also discusses cave exploration, safety, and the wildlife inhabiting caves, highlighting their unique adaptations. Fun facts about caves, such as their use as shelters and the study of caves, are shared, concluding with a mention of Mammoth Cave, the world's longest cave system.

What is a large cave often referred to as?

• Tunnel

• Cavern

• Passage

• Chamber

Which type of rock is most commonly associated with the formation of solution caves?

• Sandstone

• Limestone

• Basalt

• Granite

How do lava caves typically form?

• Due to ocean wave action

• From the melting of glaciers

• By the cooling of surface lava while lava beneath flows away

• Through the erosion of limestone

What are the formations called that hang from the ceiling of caves?

• Crystals

• Stalagmites

• Stalactites

• Columns

What is the term for cave explorers?

• Caveologists

• Cavers

• Cave divers

• Caveologists

What adaptation might cave-dwelling insects have?

• Long antennae

• Sharp claws

• Bright colors

• Thick fur

What is a common feature of animals that live in caves?

• Bright eyesight

• Highly developed other senses

• Thick fur

• Large size

What is the study of caves known as?

• Biology

• Geology

• Speleology

• Archaeology

Which cave system is recognized as the world's longest?

• Waitomo Caves

• Carlsbad Caverns

• Mammoth Cave

• Lascaux Caves

What is the process of exploring caves called?

• Caving

• Mountaineering

• Diving

• Hiking