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Which formation in a cave rise from the floor stalagmites or stalactites?

stalagmites are on the cave floor, stalactites are on the cave roof. stalagmites are mighty like Hercules, they hold the ceiling up. +++ An easy mnemonic: "c for ceiling, g for ground". Another is "Stalagmites might reach the roof [and sometimes do, forming a 'column'] and stalactites hang on tight."


What stacticals and stalagmites are formed from?

Stalactites are formed from mineral deposits left behind as water drips and evaporates from the ceiling of a cave. Stalagmites are formed from the same mineral deposits, but build up on the cave floor as water droplets fall and leave behind minerals as they evaporate.


What are Stalactites and stalagmites in caves?

Stalactites are formations that hang from the ceiling of a cave and are formed by water dripping and leaving mineral deposits behind. Stalagmites are formations that grow up from the cave floor as a result of mineral deposits accumulating from water dripping onto the cave floor. Over time, stalactites and stalagmites can grow towards each other and eventually merge to form a column.


Stalagmites are formed from?

Stalagmites, which are found in caves, are cone-shaped formations of calcium deposits made by calcium concentrated water dripping through the cave ceiling and onto the floor of the cave. Once the water evaporates, solid calcium is left behind thus forming a stalagmite. These deposits form like an icicle hanging from the cave roof.However not to be confused with a stalactite (which is a cone-shaped calcium deposit hanging from the ceiling of a cave), stalagmites are cone-shaped icicle formations of calcium deposits that build upward from the cave floor.


Do stalagmites hang up or down?

Stalagmites grow from the floor, stalagtites hang from the ceiling. I remember this by thinking stalagmites "might reach the ceiling" and stalactites are "tightly held"

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Deposits that build up from the floor of a cave?

Stalagmites


Is a stalagmight up?

A stalagmite is a build up of silicate on the base of a cave, many times in the shape of a cone with the base on the floor of the cave, as it extends to the ceiling.


What is the term for a cone shaped feature on the floor of a cave that is found by slow dripping water?

Stalagmite. Stalagmites are formed on the floor of a cave when water containing minerals drips down and leaves deposits that build up over time into a cone-shaped feature.


What part of a cave rises up from the ground?

The formation in a cave that rises from the floor are called stalagmites


Which formation in a cave rise from the floor stalagmites or stalactites?

stalagmites are on the cave floor, stalactites are on the cave roof. stalagmites are mighty like Hercules, they hold the ceiling up. +++ An easy mnemonic: "c for ceiling, g for ground". Another is "Stalagmites might reach the roof [and sometimes do, forming a 'column'] and stalactites hang on tight."


What kind of cave structures stick up from the floor of a cave?

Stalagmites. Stalactites grow from the ceiling.They are called stalagmites because they mightreach up your belly button. That is a pun to help you remember it.


What cave formations are formed from water drippings on the cave floor?

Stalagmites are cave formations that are formed when water dripping onto the cave floor evaporates and leaves behind mineral deposits, building up over time to create a cone-shaped structure.


What stacticals and stalagmites are formed from?

Stalactites are formed from mineral deposits left behind as water drips and evaporates from the ceiling of a cave. Stalagmites are formed from the same mineral deposits, but build up on the cave floor as water droplets fall and leave behind minerals as they evaporate.


What are Stalactites and stalagmites in caves?

Stalactites are formations that hang from the ceiling of a cave and are formed by water dripping and leaving mineral deposits behind. Stalagmites are formations that grow up from the cave floor as a result of mineral deposits accumulating from water dripping onto the cave floor. Over time, stalactites and stalagmites can grow towards each other and eventually merge to form a column.


How do groundwater deposits floor of limestone cave?

The ground-water is a solution of calcium carbonate it has dissolved from the limestone above the cave. The mineral is subsequently precipitated as deposits of calcite in the cave: stalatcties & stalagmites, and flowstone on the floor and walls.


Stalagmites are formed from?

Stalagmites, which are found in caves, are cone-shaped formations of calcium deposits made by calcium concentrated water dripping through the cave ceiling and onto the floor of the cave. Once the water evaporates, solid calcium is left behind thus forming a stalagmite. These deposits form like an icicle hanging from the cave roof.However not to be confused with a stalactite (which is a cone-shaped calcium deposit hanging from the ceiling of a cave), stalagmites are cone-shaped icicle formations of calcium deposits that build upward from the cave floor.


Do the formation of stalactites and stalagmites occurs in the zone of saturation?

Yes, the formation of stalactites and stalagmites occurs in the zone of saturation. Groundwater drips through the ceiling of a cave and leaves behind mineral deposits when the water evaporates, forming stalactites. When the water drips onto the cave floor, it leaves deposits that build up into stalagmites.