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10A - Glaciers/caves
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Question 1
1.
A cave is
A man-made whole in the ground
A natural opening in the ground
Question 2
2.
Rain has a tiny bit of ____ in it
H
2
O
Acid
Oxygen (O)
Sulfur (S)
Question 3
3.
Acid allows to dissolve rocks like
Limestone
Granite
Marbel
Gypsum
Oxnite
Question 4
4.
Hang from the roof of a cave
Jaxites
Stalagmites
Stalactites
Fractals
Question 5
5.
Come up from the floor of a cave
Fractals
Jaxites
Stalactites
Stalagmites
Question 6
6.
Water is the only force that can create caves
True
False
Question 7
7.
Volcanoes can make long tunnel caves called
Lave tubes
Moraines
Caverns
Question 8
8.
Processes that make caves include
Flowing sea water
Flowing rivers
Glaciers
Wind
Volcanoes
Acid Rain
Earthquakes
Water
Question 9
9.
Animals that never leave caves
Nocturnalites
Troglophiles
Troglobites
Diernalites
Question 10
10.
There less than ____ Texas cave salamanders in the world
50
100
25
60
Question 11
11.
Living in darkness, Texas salamanders have lost
Their immunity to diseases
The pigment in their skin
There limbs
Their eyes
Question 12
12.
As the salamanders have lost their eyesight
They developed means a fight or flight muscles
They developed better senses of touch in their skin
Question 13
13.
Food is very _____ in caves
Abundant
Scarce
Question 14
14.
This map shows the rock types found underground in a certain area. The map also shows where groundwater is flowing in and around these rocks.
If caves tend to form where moving water dissolves lime stone then caves would be expected to form in which region on the map?
Southwest
Northwest
Southeast
Northeast
Question 15
15.
Glaciers are ______ structures that _____ like ______
gas; moves; butter
liquid; float; bee’s
solids; flow; liquid
Question 16
16.
______ moist air from the pacific ______ up coastal mountains, where it ______ condenses and falls as ______ and rain.
Cool; falls; warms; snow
warm; rises; cools; snow
Question 17
17.
A cubic meter of snow weighs 70 – 150 kilograms, about as much as
1-2 adult humans
A bag of marshmallows
A tree
Question 18
18.
Most of the space (or volume) of snow is air
True
False
Question 19
19.
After about two years ground snow takes on a new form called
Phineras
Firn
Question 20
20.
The final form of snow is
Bubble-free ice
Gas
Freshwater
Question 21
21.
Glaciers always have to move by melting
True
False
Question 22
22.
The zone of plastic flow
Is where there is the most pressure in a glacier
Is where there is the least temperature in a glacier
Question 23
23.
. Glaciers creep along because they are propelled by ______ like a giant gooey conveyor belt
Gravity
Wind
The sun
Erosion
Water
Question 24
24.
At the top of the glacier, in the upper 150 feet, it is known as the “zone of brittle flow” because…
This ice is melting faster because it is closer to the sun
The ice is under less pressure, so it cracks
Question 25
25.
Glaciers are always melting
True
False
Question 26
26.
It takes 200 years for new ice to be added to a lake.
This is a fast process
This is a slow process