Caving

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary cave-forming rock?Limestone (calcium carbonate)
2. What is the cave type examples?Dissolutional (karst), volcanic (lava tubes), marine (sea caves)
3. What is a cave and how does it form?Caves are underground spaces that form when water with a little acid dissolves limestone or other soluble rocks, slowly enlarging cracks into tunnels and chambers.
4. Why do some caves have special animals like blind fish?The dark, steady environment inside caves makes animals lose eyesight and color, and they develop other senses to find food and move around.

Karstification: The geological process of forming caves and other landforms through the dissolution of soluble bedrock.
Troglobite: An animal species that is endemic to caves and exhibits significant adaptations to subterranean life.
Speleothem: A mineral formation that occurs in a cave, such as a stalactite or stalagmite, deposited by dripping or flowing water.
Hydrology: The scientific study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets.