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What direction would the stalactites and stalagmites be in?
The stalactites hang from the ceiling, and the stalagmites are on the ground.
Can rocks grow like stalactites and stalagmites?
No, rocks cannot grow like stalactites and stalagmites. Stalactites and stalagmites are formed from minerals that are deposited from water dripping in caves over thousands of years, while rocks are solid masses that do not exhibit the same type of growth.
Why are stalagmites and stalactites called those names?
Stalactites hang tightly to the ceiling of a cave, while stalagmites might grow to reach the cave floor. The names reflect their formation as water drips from the ceiling to form stalactites, and drips onto the cave floor to form stalagmites.
What are stalacites and stalagmites?
Stalactites are mineral formations that hang from the ceiling of caves, formed by the dripping of mineral-rich water. Stalagmites are similar mineral formations that grow upwards from the cave floor as the water drips down, eventually meeting the stalactites to form columns. Together, stalactites and stalagmites can create beautiful and intricate cave formations.
When a stalactites and a stalagmite grow together it and called?
a column
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.
How do you spell stagites?
Stalagmites. This word has the letter "G" in it so we remember that stalagmites grow up from the ground. On the other hand,the word "Stalactites" has the letter "C" in it, so we remember that stalactites grow down from the "ceiling" or roof of the cave.
Where do stalactites and stalagmites form in caves?
Stalactites hang from the ceiling of caves, formed by the dripping of mineral-rich water. Stalagmites grow up from the floor of caves as the same mineral-rich water drips down. Over time, these formations can meet and grow together to create intricate cave structures.
Is there a rhyme to remember stalactites and stalagmites?
Yes! "Stalactites hold tight to the ceiling, while stalagmites might reach the ceiling." This rhyme can help you remember which formations grow up from the ground and which ones hang down from the ceiling of a cave.
What are stalactites and stalagmites and why are they produced?
Stalactites and stalagmites are corresponding rock formations , stalactites being the ones on the roof of the cave and stalagmites the ones on the cave floor. Why are they formed? They are formed because water leaking into the caves craves out the rocks slowly into stalagmites and stalactites.
These formations form in pillars on the floor of a cavern.?
They are stalagmites.
Are stalactites found on the bottom of caves?
no, stalactites grow from the ceiling, like an iceicle. stalagmites grow from the ground and stand up. A way to remember it is stalactite has a "c" for ceiling and stalagmite has a "g" for ground no, stalactites grow from the ceiling, like an iceicle. stalagmites grow from the ground and stand up. A way to remember it is stalactite has a "c" for ceiling and stalagmite has a "g" for ground
