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Stalactites are the ones that hang from the roof; the ones that grow up from the floor are called stalagmites.
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A moraine is a cone-shaped deposit of calcite that builds up on the floor of a cave?
False
What is a stalagnate?
Stone pillar formed when stalactite and stalagmite meet, or when stalactite reaches the floor of the cave.
How do groundwater deposits floor of limestone cave?
The ground-water is a solution of calcium carbonate it has dissolved from the limestone above the cave. The mineral is subsequently precipitated as deposits of calcite in the cave: stalatcties & stalagmites, and flowstone on the floor and walls.
Which cave formation is formed along the walls of the cave where water flows and calcite is deposited?
a stalagmite
Are stalactites deposits hanging from cave roofs caused by dripping groundwater?
Yes: some of the calcium carbonate dissolved in the water in each drop precipitates as its crystalline form, calcite, so slowly builds up layer after layer of crystals to form the stalactite (and related formations).
What type of deposit forms under a roof of a cave?
This type of deposit is called a stalactite. Stalactites are made up of calcium deposits from the runoff water coming into the cave.
What is a deposit of calcite on a cave floor?
It's referred to as a Stalagmite or Flowstone deposit.
Deposit of calcite on a cave floor?
Flowstone. Also if covering a wall or boulder-pile.
A moraine is a cone shaped deposit of calcite that builds up on the floor of a cave?
False
A moraine is a cone-shaped deposit of calcite that builds up on the floor of a cave?
False
A deposit that hangs from the roof of the cave is what?
stalactite
What deposit is formed at a roof of a cave?
Stalactites are found hanging from the roof of a cave, as opposed to stalagmites, which grow up from the floor. Remembering the difference is easy - stalactites are "tite" to the ceiling!
What is the term for a cone shaped deposit of calcite that builds up on the floor of a cave?
False is is called a stalagmite
What is it called when a cone shaped deposit that rises from the floor of a cave?
That's called a stalagmite. A similar object descending from the roof of a cave = is a stalactite.
What is a stalctite?
A Stalactite is growth of precipitated calcite downwards from a cave roof below the joint through which its feed solution emerges. The corresponding floor formation is a Stalagmite.
A deposit that hanges down from the roof of a cave?
This is called a "Stalactite"
What is a pendant of calcium carbonate which hangs from the roof of a limestone cave called?
A calcite stalactite.
