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What type of rock is most easily dissolved by slightly acidic groundwater?
Calcium Carbonate
What creates a cavern?
When groundwater, which is naturally slightly acidic,comes in contact with limestone for a long period of time it creates a cavern by dissolving the rock.
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.
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".
Water that fills spaces in rock and sediments is called?
groundwater
What type of rock is most easily dissolved by slightly acidic groundwater?
Calcium Carbonate
What creates a cavern?
When groundwater, which is naturally slightly acidic,comes in contact with limestone for a long period of time it creates a cavern by dissolving the rock.
Which rock type is most easily dissolved by groundwater?
limestone
What rock-forming mineral or mineral group is most readily dissolved by groundwater?
Calcite
Is marble an acid?
No, marble is a rock, however it is acidic slightly.
What type of rock is most easily dissolved by slightly a ground water?
sandstone and quartzite
Which specific type of rock would weather the fastest?
Sedimentary rocks would weather the fastest, especially ones like limestone, because it's made mostly from calcium carbonate, which is easily dissolved by the slightly acidic rainwater.
What are two requirement for karst topography?
Carbonate Rock and Acidic Waterapex ardin
Does limestone turn water blue?
No, limestone is a sedimentary rock that is the basis for marble if it is compressed by millions of years of pressure. Limestone consists of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. Limestone dissolved in slightly acidic water forms the basis of stalactites and stalagmites in 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.
What is the water that collects underground is called?
An aquifer is an underground layer of rock, sand, or gravel that contains groundwater.
