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Are there different kinds of stalactites and stalagmites?
Yes, there are various types of stalactites and stalagmites based on their composition, shape, and formation process. Some common types include soda straws, helictites, and draperies for stalactites, and pillars, shields, and coral garden for stalagmites. Each type has unique characteristics formed under specific conditions in caves.
How stalactites and stalagmites formed?
rain
What are soda straw rockets?
Soda Straw Rockets are rocket replicas made out of straws. They can be used as experimental rockets for Scientists.
Stalactites and stalagmites are examples of?
Stalactites and stalagmites are examples of cave formations that are typically found in limestone caves. Stalactites hang from the ceiling and are formed by minerals dripping down, while stalagmites rise up from the floor and are formed by minerals accumulating from the ground up.
How are ice stalactites formed?
Ice stalactites are formed when water drips downwards and freezes on the lower end of a surface, such as a roof or icicle. As more water continues to drip and freeze, the stalactite grows in size. Factors such as temperature and humidity levels can affect the formation of ice stalactites.
What is the difference between a stalactite and a soda straw?
Mainly just shape and size. Both are stalactites - but soda straws (called simply "straws" in the UK) are just very thin, tubular ones. There is another difference: the water flows down the outside of an "ordinary" stalactite, but inside a soda straw.
Are there different kinds of stalactites and stalagmites?
Yes, there are various types of stalactites and stalagmites based on their composition, shape, and formation process. Some common types include soda straws, helictites, and draperies for stalactites, and pillars, shields, and coral garden for stalagmites. Each type has unique characteristics formed under specific conditions in caves.
What type of speleothems is solid and which is hollow?
Solid speleothems include stalactites and stalagmites, formed from mineral deposits in caves. Hollow speleothems are typically soda straws or helictites, which have hollow tubes through which water flows to deposit minerals.
What is the difference between a soda straw and a stalactite?
A soda straw is a hollow tube used for drinking, typically made of plastic or paper, while a stalactite is a mineral deposit formed from dripping water that hangs from the ceiling of a cave. Stalactites are formed over long periods of time through mineral deposition, while soda straws are man-made objects used for immediate consumption.
What cave features form from dripstone?
SPELEOTHEMS: Stalactites, stalactites, curtains (draperies in US caving), straws (fine tubular stalactites - 'soda straws' in US), flowstone, gour pools (I think 'rimstone' pools, ditto), cave pearls, helictites (aka 'erratics' but rather unwisely because that is already a definite geological term for a boulder left far from source by a glacier. They are all of calcite, crystalline calcium carbonate.
How stalactites and stalagmites formed?
rain
How many straws can you use to sip a soda pop soda?
as many as can fit in the opening hole.
How many straws can sip a soda pop?
about one hundred
What forms under ground caverns?
Most caves are in limestone, which is slightly soluble in rain-water acidified by carbon-dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere. This weak "carbonic acid" corrodes the limestone as it flows through the rock's joints, bedding-planes and faults fromsinks to risings (springs). There are other caves formed in other ways, such as lava-tubes and mass-movement fissures. Oh - and by definition caves are underground - you don't need the adjective!
Why does water and baking soda make stalactites?
When baking soda is dissolved in water, it forms a solution that can accumulate on surfaces as the water evaporates. As the water evaporates, the baking soda solidifies and can create stalactites due to the gradual buildup of the solid material in a downward direction. This process is similar to how minerals in water can form natural stalactites in caves over thousands of years.
What are some common features of caves?
A cave's formations are called spelothems which are formed as acidic water which dissolves into small amounts of limestone rocks as it flows through cracks or joints going into a cave. Eventually when water comes into contact with the air of the cave the carbon dioxide precipitates out. When the carbon dioxide is cmpletely gone the water no longer holds as much dissolved calcium. Rather the excess calcium is precipitated on the cave walls and cielings. The formation of speleothems form very slowly often taking around years to add centimeters of material to the cave. Soda straws, stalactites, stalagmites, and columns are some examples of formations that speleothems might take. Soda straws- water seeps down from the surface and drops to the floor, leaving a tiny deposit of dissolved calcite on the surface of the cieling. The ring forms a small hollow tube which is an example of what you see soda straw-like hanging objects from the cave cieling. Stalactites-Is formed from soda straws, this formations takes plave when the water runs along the outside fo the soda straw and deposits calcite on the outer surface. Stalagmites-Formation of this is when calcite remaining from the water falls to the ground of the cave. Agitation forces some of the calcite out of water as it hits the ground. Finally colums- the are formed when stalactities and stalagmites meet. They are frequently in a single joint or crack.
How many straws can you use to sip soda pop?
Any amount you want!
