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Stalactites grow up from bottom of a cavern floor due to the deposit of minerals over time?
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Stalactites grow up from the bottom of a cavern floor due to deposit of minerals over time?
False.
Stalactites grow up from the bottom of a cavern floor due to the deposit of minerals over time?
false
Do Stalactites grow up from the bottom of a cavern floor due to the deposit of minerals over time?
No, stalagmites grow from the ground up. Stalactites hang from the roofs of caves.
Do stalactites grow up from the bottom of a cavern due to the deposit of minerals over time?
No those are stalagmites. stalactites grow from calcite (or mineral) deposits from water dripping from cracks from the ceiling. :) hope this helped
Is this statement correct Stalagmites form on the ceiling of a cavern?
No, it is stalactites that form on the ceilings. Stalagmites form on the cavern floors.
Stalactites grow up from the bottom of a cavern floor due to deposit of minerals over time?
False.
Stalactites grow up from the bottom of a cavern floor due to the deposit of minerals over time?
false
Do Stalactites grow up from the bottom of a cavern floor due to the deposit of minerals over time?
No, stalagmites grow from the ground up. Stalactites hang from the roofs of caves.
Do stalactites grow up from the bottom of a cavern due to the deposit of minerals over time?
No those are stalagmites. stalactites grow from calcite (or mineral) deposits from water dripping from cracks from the ceiling. :) hope this helped
What is the calcium deposit left behind from water dripping through the roof of a cavern called?
Stalactites
What rock formations hang from the celing of some caves?
This would be called a precipitate. A precipitate is an insoluble solid that forms out of a solution when it becomes supersaturated. Calcite precipitates are often found in limestone caves in the form of stalagmites.
Is this statement correct Stalagmites form on the ceiling of a cavern?
No, it is stalactites that form on the ceilings. Stalagmites form on the cavern floors.
Stalactites attach to the top of a cavern ceiling and hang down.?
true!
Which of the following can be caused by excessive pressure from overlying structures over a cavern?
sinkholes
True or false Stalactites attach to the top of a cavern ceiling and hang down?
true
These formations hang from the ceiling of a cavern like icicles?
Stalactites are stony formations that hang from the ceilings of caves.
What formations hang from the ceiling of a cavern like icicles?
Stalactites hang from the ceiling. Stalagmites build upwards from the floor. I found an easy way to remember which is which.. that stalactites "cling tight (-tite)" to the ceiling.
