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How stalactites and stalagmites formed?
rain
What are stalactites and stalagmites and why are they produced?
Stalactites and stalagmites are corresponding rock formations , stalactites being the ones on the roof of the cave and stalagmites the ones on the cave floor. Why are they formed? They are formed because water leaking into the caves craves out the rocks slowly into stalagmites and stalactites.
What are soda straw rockets?
Soda Straw Rockets are rocket replicas made out of straws. They can be used as experimental rockets for Scientists.
What is the formation of stalagmites?
it is formed by the droplets falling from the stalactites in the ceiling of the cave.
What is a first stage stalactite called?
A soda staw represents the earliest stage of stalactites. A soda straw is like a thin tube attached to the ceiling.
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.
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
What are stalactites and stalagmites and why are they produced?
Stalactites and stalagmites are corresponding rock formations , stalactites being the ones on the roof of the cave and stalagmites the ones on the cave floor. Why are they formed? They are formed because water leaking into the caves craves out the rocks slowly into stalagmites and stalactites.
What forms under ground caverns?
Various formations can occur in underground caverns, including stalactites, which hang from the ceiling, stalagmites, which rise from the ground, and columns, which are formed when stalactites and stalagmites meet. Other formations include flowstones, which are formed by water flowing down cave walls, and soda straws, which are thin, hollow stalactites.
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 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 is form a stalactites?
Do you mean "How are stalactites formed?" ? They are deposits of calcite precipitated from solution in water dripping from joints in cave roofs.
How many straws can you use to sip soda pop?
Any amount you want!
What are soda straw rockets?
Soda Straw Rockets are rocket replicas made out of straws. They can be used as experimental rockets for Scientists.
What is the formation of stalagmites?
it is formed by the droplets falling from the stalactites in the ceiling of the cave.
