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Question | Answer |
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Where does rainwater move through? | Air and Soil |
What does rainwater pick up? | Carbon dioxide |
What does the rainwater which picked up carbon dioxide do? | turn water into carboic acid |
What is carbonic acid | a weak acid |
name a weak acid | carbonic acid |
do we find carbonic acid in our foods? | soda |
calcite is the main ingredient of what | chalk, eggshells, seashells, limestone |
What does carbonic acid dissolve | limestone and mineral calcite |
What is carbonic acid dissolves limestone an example of | chemical weathering |
When groundwater enters cracks in limestone what happens | the carbonic acid causes the cracks to become wider. |
What if formed if the groundwater which enters cracks in limestone happens for a long time | caves |
What drips onto the cave's ceilings and floors | calcite dissolved in groundwater |
What happens when water evaporates from the groundwater that driped onto the cave's ceilings and floors | stalactites and stalagmites |
what shape are stalactites | icicle-shaped calcite deposits |
where do stalactites hang from | the roof of a cave |
what sape are stalagmites | dome shaped calcite deposits |
where do stalagmites form | on the floor of a cave |
How are rock broken down | weathering |
name the process of rock being carried away | erosion |
caves are formed by two processes | weathering and erosion |
weathering and erosion | caves are formed by two processes |
erosion | the process of rock being carried away |
weathering | how rocks are broken down |
what are found on the floor of a cave | stalagmites |
what are found hanging from the roof of a cave | stalactites |