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Caves represent a loss of rock, not a change, by dissolution of the limestone by weakly acid ground-water.
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What happens when abundant groundwater percolates through limestone?
It causes dissolution which initially creates vesicles within the limestone and may ultimately result in the formation of cave systems.
When limestone is crushed is it a physical change?
Yes, crushing limestone is a physical change. This is because the chemical composition of limestone remains unchanged during the process of crushing. The size and shape of the limestone particles may change, but the chemical makeup remains the same.
How does change in thermal energy causes matter to change from one state to another?
An increase in thermal energy may change a solid to a liquid, a liquid to a gas, or a solid to a gas.A decrease in thermal energy may cause a change in the opposite direction - for example, from a liquid to a solid.
What is a cavern called that is a natural cavity in rock?
sedimentary rocks usually (limestone is the most common). they are very easily eroded away leaving a cavern or series of caves tunneling for miles interconnecting. This is very common in Missouri whom has thousands of caves due to its vast supply of limestone
What is one way of knowing chemical change has happened?
There may be a change in color, a change in temperature, formation of a gas, formation of a precipitate, a new odor, or a solid may disappear.
A funnel-shaped depression of limestone dissolved by rain is called a cave?
I'd probably call it a "sinkhole" instead. It may lead to a cave, but the depression itself is not a cave.
What happens when abundant groundwater percolates through limestone?
It causes dissolution which initially creates vesicles within the limestone and may ultimately result in the formation of cave systems.
When limestone is crushed is it a physical change?
Yes, crushing limestone is a physical change. This is because the chemical composition of limestone remains unchanged during the process of crushing. The size and shape of the limestone particles may change, but the chemical makeup remains the same.
How was holloch caverns formed and when?
I cannot say "when" - you'd have to find texts on the cave itself, andsuch information may be buried deep in learned papers- but as it's in limetone, by the same principles as any cave in limestone.
What created the veronya cave?
Veronya or Verona? I tried to look it up but Google just offered the latter. Be that as it may, if it is in limestone then presumably normal karst processes.
How does change in thermal energy causes matter to change from one state to another?
An increase in thermal energy may change a solid to a liquid, a liquid to a gas, or a solid to a gas.A decrease in thermal energy may cause a change in the opposite direction - for example, from a liquid to a solid.
How does in thermal energy cause matter to change from one state to another?
An increase in thermal energy may change a solid to a liquid, a liquid to a gas, or a solid to a gas.A decrease in thermal energy may cause a change in the opposite direction - for example, from a liquid to a solid.
What are stalactites and stalagmites?
When underground in a cave, you may find cone-like limestone structures on the ceiling and the floor. On the ceiling are stalactites. (They hold on tite.). On the floor are stalagmites. Where they meet, the combined structure is called a column.Formation of Stalactites and StalagmitesWhere limestone is present above a cave, it can be dissolved by water as calcium bicarbonate. When it drips down into a cave, it reverts to particles of calcium carbonate in the air. If the water carries to the floor of the cave, stalagmites (limestone pinnacles) are formed. If the calcium precipitates before it can drip, an "icicle" of limestone, a stalactite, hangs from the ceiling. Usually these forms are created simultaneously, and may merge to form columns or sheets of columns.Unlike their icy counterparts, stalactites and stalagmites take hundreds to thousands of years to form, at an average of 5/1000ths of an inch (.13 mm) a year. A stalagmite in an Oregon cave has grown less than 1/4 of an inch since it was broken off 100 years ago!
What is a cavern called that is a natural cavity in rock?
sedimentary rocks usually (limestone is the most common). they are very easily eroded away leaving a cavern or series of caves tunneling for miles interconnecting. This is very common in Missouri whom has thousands of caves due to its vast supply of limestone
What type of cave is the most important to speleologist?
The simple answer is the karst cave, formed in limestone, because those are the most numerous, varied, complexand extensive... but an individual researcher may be studying other types of cave such as lava tubes or mass-movement fissures. So for the individual speleologist the "most important" type is that which he or she is studying at the time.
What is one way of knowing chemical change has happened?
There may be a change in color, a change in temperature, formation of a gas, formation of a precipitate, a new odor, or a solid may disappear.
Does carbonic acid dissolve limestone?
No. It dissolves limestone slowly. It may take centuries for a limestone outcrop to show visible weathering.
