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Details Title: erosion weathering and caverns Description: erosion,weathering, and caverns vocabulary Total Flash Cards: 13 Created: 04/04/2007 11:36:40	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term exfoliation Definition to come off in layers Term water table Definition level below which the ground is saturated with water Term 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 Term fumarole Definition a hole in/near a volcano that releases vapor Term geyser Definition a hot spring that intermitently sends up spouts of water Term 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 Term caverns Definition an underground cave like chamber Term natural bridges Definition ground underneath surface is worn away leaving a bridge like structure Term stalactites Definition an icicle shaped mineral deposit usually formed of calcite or aragonite reaching down from a cave floor Term stalagmites Definition an icicle shaped mineral deposit usually formed of calcite or aragonite reaching up from a cave ceiling Term dripstone Definition Calcium carbonate in the form of stalactites or stalagmites Term petrified wood Definition fossilized form of wood