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Odd question: it if didn't have a roof it would not be a cave; it would be a canyon or ravine. It's simply the bedrock rock that spans the void that is the cave.
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What causes stalactites to form?
This is caused by the concentration of minerals solidifying over time, normally from groundwater trickling through cracks in the roofs of such caverns contains dissolved calcium bicarbonate. When a drop of water comes in contact with the air of the cavern, some of the calcium bicarbonate is transformed into calcium carbonate, which is precipitated out of the water solution and forms a ring of calcite on the roof of the cavern.
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.
What formations form in pillars on the floor of a cavern?
Stalagmites
Stalactites attach to the top of a cavern ceiling and hang down.?
true!
Can you give a sentence for the word awed?
Example sentence - They were awed by the vastness of the cavern.
What happens when a cavern roof collapses?
sinkhole
What is the icicle like speleothem that grows down from the roof of a cavern?
stalactite
What is the is the icicle-like speleothem that grows down from the roof of a cavern?
stalactite
What is a large hole in the ground formed when the roof of a cavern collapses?
A Shakehole or Sinkhole.
What is the calcium deposit left behind from water dripping through the roof of a cavern called?
Stalactites
What is the formation that come up from the ground in a cavern?
Stalagmite. That from the roof is a stalactite - think G for Ground and C for Ceiling.
What is the difference between a cavern and sinkhole?
A cavern is a large underground cave, and a sinkhole is part of the ground that has collapsed into a hole due to weight on top of it or because of the ground underneath it dissolving. A sinkhole might occur due to land being over a cavern when the cavern roof dissolves too small and the weight on top overcomes the strength of the land.
What causes icicles to form in a cavern?
Caverns that form in limestone areas, due to rain water dissolving the limestone over millions of years, produce stalactites and stalagmites. Stalactites are icicle-like rock formations of deposited limestone hanging down from the cavern's roof. Stalagmites grow upwards from the cavern floor, due to the limestone solution dripping on the floor from the roof. In some cases, the stalactite and stalagmite joins in the middle to form a column.
What is formed when a cavern roof colappese?
A doline or shake-hole - and depending on the nature of both cave and collapse it can create an entrance to the cave.
What is formed when a cavern roof collapses.?
Sinkholes form typically as limestone dissolves. A caldera is created by the collapse of volcanic vault ceilings.
When drops of water fall on a cavern floor deposited calcite builds up to form a cone called a?
Stalagmite. (Not to be confused with a stalactite, which forms from the roof.)
When drops of water fall on a cavern floor deposited calcite duilds up to form a cone called a?
It is called a Stalagmite. The corresponding formation on the cave roof is a Stalactite.
