1) bedding plane enlarged by carbonation a) clint b) grike c) cave d) doline 2) seasonal lake a) paternoster b) ox-bow c) tarn d) turlough 3) mineral in limestone a) calcium b) calcium carbonate c) calcium bicarbonate 4) formula for calcium carbonate a) CaCO3 b) CaCO c) CaCO2 5) acid that dissolves limestone a) nitric b) sulfuric c) carbonic 6) hangs down from a cave ceiling a) stalagmite b) clint c) grike d) stalactite 7) joint enlarged by carbonation a) clint b) grike c) cave d) cavern 8) causes reversal of carbonation a) solution b) degassing of CO2 c) dripstone 9) jagged rock formed by freeze-thaw a) scree b) regolith c) shale 10) another name for onion weathering a) carbonation b) frost wedging c) exfoliation d) chemical weathering 11) period when Ireland's limestone formed a) Caledonian b) Devonian c) Tertiary d) Carboniferous 12) solution holes on clints a) fluting b) grikes c) karrens 13) notches on edges of clints a) karrens b) grikes c) fluting 14) erosion caused by flowing water a) abrasion b) attrition c) carbonation d) hydraulic action 15) erosion caused by scraping by sediments a) attrition b) solution c) abrasion 16) landscape of bare limestone a) batholith b) plateau c) karst 17) has the highest concentration of CO2 a) atmosphere b) soil c) groundwater 18) grows up from floor of a cave a) stalactite b) clint c) grike d) stalagmite 19) where a river goes underground a) turlough b) dry valley c) V shaped valley d) swallowhole 20) depression formed by a cave collapsing a) turlough b) limestone pavement c) tarn d) doline 21) chemical weathering process turns rocks red a) hydrolysis b) hydration c) carbonation d) oxidation 22) caves in the Burren a) Crag b) Dunmore c) Ailwee 23) forms when stalactite and stalagite join a) curtain b) pillar c) dripstone d) calcite 24) emergent river a) river that comes out of the ground b) river that goes underground 25) how much water expands by when it freezes a) 9% b) 12% c) 15% d) 5%

Weathering LC

by
Print
Embed

Leaderboard

Visual style

Options

Switch template

Continue editing: ?