1. Cave Life The Formation The Formation of Caves 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 Name That Speleothem Speleothems 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 Cave quiz game Types of Caves Fossils & Rocks 100 200 300 400 500

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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.

21. 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

22. 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 1. 2. Photo Source: NPS Cave and Karst Program

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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