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Title: erosion weathering and caverns

Description: erosion,weathering, and caverns vocabulary

Total Flash Cards: 13

Created: 04/04/2007 11:36:40

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Term
exfoliation
 Definition
to come off in layers
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water table
 Definition
level below which the ground is saturated with water
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hard water
 Definition
water containing magnesium, calcium, or iron salts
Term
paint pot OR mud pot
 Definition
a spring or pit filled with boiling red mud
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fumarole
 Definition
a hole in/near a volcano that releases vapor
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geyser
 Definition
a hot spring that intermitently sends up spouts of water
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sinkhole
 Definition
limestone is under the surface and gets worn away by acid and water under ground... it rains and the ground sinks into the hole left by the limestone
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caverns
 Definition
an underground cave like chamber
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natural bridges
 Definition
ground underneath surface is worn away leaving a bridge like structure
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stalactites
 Definition
an icicle shaped mineral deposit usually formed of calcite or aragonite reaching down from a cave floor
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stalagmites
 Definition
an icicle shaped mineral deposit usually formed of calcite or aragonite reaching up from a cave ceiling
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dripstone
 Definition
Calcium carbonate in the form of stalactites or stalagmites
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petrified wood
 Definition
fossilized form of wood