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Karst Topography

Teacher: Julie Gutierrez
Horizontales
A sedimentary rock known as limestone and is formed from the mineral calcite.
Karst systems are ______ to ground water pollution due to the relatively rapid rate of water flow and lack of natural filtration.
Icicle-like formations of limestone formed from the dripping of water through the surface.
The little brown bat can eat up to 600 of these per hour.
An opening in the Earth that is large enough to allow a person to enter.
Within caves, insects and animals have adapted to this dark, cool, and moist ________.
All karst formations may only be formed if there is the presence of this substance.
Irregular shaped carbonate rock formed from bedrock by dripping or running water.
This type of formation occurs when a surface water or ground water dissolves layers of rock below the surface.
A cavity in the ground in which daylight cannot reach.
The upper surface of a water-rich zone in the ground is known as this.
The exploration of caves either for scientific purposes or for fun.
Depressions that form in the surface because carbon dioxide in the water has dissolved some of the rock beneath the soil.
Verticales
_______ caves and karst formations is important because more than 25% of world's population depends upon water supplied from karst areas.
Is the most widely distributed type of karst formation and is known for its dolines (sinkholes).
Bats, cave crickets, and pack rat animals
A type of rock that is highly soluble (dissolves easily) and sculpts the landscape into Karst formations.
These are other minerals that can dissolve and make karst formations (other than limestone).
This cone-like rock formation grows from the floor, upward, from the dripping of a mineral solution.
When a rock layer allows water or air to move easily through it.