Cave Life The Formation The Formation of Caves Name That Speleothem Speleothems Cave quiz game Types of Caves Fossils & Rocks

Speleothems 100 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board Speleothems are frequently formed when this fluid drips from a cave ceiling. Water Answer: Water

Speleothems 200 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board Speleothems form as these precipitate out of fluids and are deposited on cave ceilings and walls. Minerals Answer: Minerals

Speleothems 300 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board Speleothems consist mainly of this type of mineral. Calcite Answer: Calcite

Speleothems 400 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board The term “speleothem” refers to what a cave formation looks like (its morphology), and not its composition. TRUE Answer: TRUE True or False

Speleothems 500 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board One thing that all speleothems have in common is that they cannot form until the level of the cave is above this: Water table Answer: Water table

Types of caves 100 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board These types of caves are produced from the action of waves pounding against rocks that line the shores of oceans and lakes. Sea caves Answer: Sea caves

Types of caves 200 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board This type of cave was commonly used by early people for shelter. Sandstone caves Answer: Sandstone caves

Types of caves 300 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board This is another name for a lava cave. Lava tube Answer: Lava tube

Types of caves 400 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board This the name for the piles of rocks that are produced from rockslides that can contain spaces large enough to produce cave-like formations. Talus Answer: Talus

Types of caves 500 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board Name the 2 types of ice caves: 1.) This type is formed in ice. 2.) This type is formed in rock but stays frozen year round. 1.) glacier cave Answers: 1.) glacier cave 2.) frozen cave

The formation of caves 100 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board This type of cave is formed when acidic water dissolves rocks like limestone. Solution Cave Answer: Solution Cave

The formation of caves 200 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board This type of cave is formed when the action of earthquakes form natural cracks in rock. Tectonic cave Answer: Tectonic cave

The formation of caves 300 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board The hard upper crust of lava caves is formed as this touches the flowing lava and cools it. air Answer: air

The formation of caves 400 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board This is the term used when referring to the act or process of dissolving. Dissolution Answer: Dissolution

The formation of caves 500 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board The ceilings of water- filled caves are supported by this type of force. Buyout force Answer: Buyout force

Cave life 100 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board What name is given to animals that love to spend time in caves? Troglophiles Answer: Troglophiles

Cave life 200 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board What is the name for the cave animal that is only a periodic visitor? Trogloxene Answer: Trogloxene

Cave life 300 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board What name is given to animals that are adapted to spend their entire lives in caves? Troglobites Answer: Troglobites

Cave life 400 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board What factor is used to determine in which category a cave animal is classified? Answer: TIME The amount of TIME an animal spends in a cave.

Cave life 500 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board Name the 4 life zones in a cave. Answers: Entrance Zone 1. Entrance Zone Twilight Zone 2. Twilight Zone Variable Temperature and Total Darkness 3. Variable Temperature and Total Darkness Dark Zone 4. Dark Zone

Name That Speleothem 100 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board What 2 types of speleothems have joined together to make this column? Stalactite Stalagmite Photo Source: NPS Cave and Karst Program

Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board Drapery Answer: Drapery Name That Speleothem 200 This speleothem sometimes resembles bacon…what is it? Photos from the National Park Service Cave and Karst Program

Name That Speleothem 300 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board What type of speleothems are these? Cave flowers Answer: Cave flowers Photos from the National Park Service Cave and Karst Program

Name That Speleothem 400 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board Soda straw Answer: Soda straw This speleothem can eventually grow into a stalactite. What is it? Photo Source: NPS Cave and Karst Program

Name That Speleothem 500 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board Boxwork Answer: Boxwork What type of speleothems are these? Photos from the National Park Service Cave and Karst Program

Fossils & Rocks 100 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board What are the 3 main rock types? Answer: Igneous SedimentaryMetamorphic

Fossils & Rocks 200 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board What are the spaces between soil particles called? Pore spaces Answer: Pore spaces

Fossils & Rocks 300 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board Of the 3 main rock types, nearly all fossils are found in this rock type: Answer: Sedimentary Rocks

Fossils & Rocks 400 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board This is the term given to the study of forms of life existing in prehistoric or geological times, especially as represented by fossils. Paleontology Answer: Paleontology

Fossils & Rocks 500 Click here to return to main game board Click here to return to main game board The nests of packrats can be considered biological warehouses due to the enormous amounts of fossils they contain. What is the name for these nests? Middens Answers: Middens