Cave Science Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Animals that spend their entire lives in caves.
  2. 3. A natural discharge of water from rock or soil to the surface.
  3. 4. A natural cavity beneath the earth's surface.
  4. 5. topography - a landscape characterized by the presence of sinkholes, caves, springs, and losing streams created by groundwater solution of sedimentary rock such as limestone.
  5. 6. natural cracks of fractures in rock that do not show displacement.
  6. 9. The study of cave life.
  7. 13. the crystalized form of calcium carbonate. This is the major material in stalactites and other cave formations.
  8. 14. The naturally occurring water found beneath the earth's surface in layers of rock or sediment.
Down
  1. 1. Cave formations, including stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, dripstone, rimstone, soda straws, helictites, columns, etc.
  2. 3. The study of caves.
  3. 4. Acid - A weak acid formed by rain or other water in contact with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere or in soils and vegetation.
  4. 7. A slow, oozing natural discharge of water from rock or soil to the surface.
  5. 8. Stream-A surface stream that is diverted to the underground via a sinkhole or cave within the stream's valley.
  6. 10. A rounded depression in the landscape formed by solution of bedrock or collapse of an underlying cavity
  7. 11. A layer of rock or sediment containing groundwater that can be drawn for use above ground.
  8. 12. Bridge-The roof remnant of a collapsed cave system