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What happens when rock salt and water are heated and stirred?
the rock salt dissolves in the water
List two kinds of rock that are easily weathered by carbonic acid?
Limestone is the rock that is most easily broken down by carbonic acid. Marble is another rock that is susceptible to carbonic acid.
What forms when minerals dissolved in water solution crystallize?
A Chemical Rock
What does rock contain?
Molten rock contains liquified minerals, some solid mineral grains, and dissolved gasses.
Why do many hot springs have dissolved minerals?
The hot water dissolves them from the rock
What type of rock is most easily dissolved by slightly acidic groundwater?
Calcium Carbonate
What rock-forming mineral or mineral group is most readily dissolved by groundwater?
Calcite
What type of rock is dissolved by slightly acidic groundwater?
limestone
What type of rock is most easily dissolved by slightly a ground water?
sandstone and quartzite
Does groundwater stop moving downward when it meets a preamble rock?
idk... i need to know too. someone please help. my guess is no.... because permeable rock is rock that can be easily passed through.
What happens when rock salt and water are heated and stirred?
the rock salt dissolves in the water
How did groundwater create the Cave of Lascaux?
Groundwater seeping through the limestone rock over thousands of years dissolved the rock, creating cracks and fissures. Eventually, these cracks formed larger passageways that became the cave system of Lascaux.
Why are most caves made from limestone?
Most caves are made from limestone because limestone is a sedimentary rock that is easily dissolved by water. Over time, acidic groundwater seeps into the cracks and crevices, dissolving and eroding the limestone to form cave systems. The process is known as karstification and is responsible for the creation of many limestone caves.
Where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock are called?
places where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock is called springs.
Places where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock are called?
places where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock is called springs.
A body or rock or sediment that stores groundwater?
A body or rock or sediment that stores groundwater is called an aquifer. Water can be extracted by the use of a water well.
Groundwater is stored in and moves slowly through permeable rock called aquifers . in what zone is groundwater located?
Groundwater that is not otherwise fossil groundwater forms part of the "water table".
