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erosion weathering and caverns
erosion,weathering, and caverns vocabulary
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Geology
10th Grade
04/04/2007

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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
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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
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a hot spring that intermitently sends up spouts of water
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sinkhole
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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
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ground underneath surface is worn away leaving a bridge like structure
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stalactites
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an icicle shaped mineral deposit usually formed of calcite or aragonite reaching down from a cave floor
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stalagmites
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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
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