Groundwater II Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• travertine terraces : when hot water cools rapidly after exiting the ground, the minerals within it are deposited to form these.
• caves : also called caverns, there is a network of these underground in regions underlain by limestone.
• sinkhole : this is a depression formed when caverns increase in size so that overlying support is lost & the ground collapses.
• karst : this landscape forms in an area with substantial limestone rock.
• uvala : these are very large depressions that form when several sinkholes combine after cave ceilings crumble.
• poljes : this is a gorge-like feature created by the collapse of an entire cavern.
• hums : these are hills of remaining rock fragments following the collapse of all caves in a karst lansdscape.
• stalagmite : this depositional feature grows from the floor of a cave upward.
• stalactite : thos icicle-like depositional feature grows from the ceiling of a cave downward.
• pillars : these features form when calcium carbonate deposits attached to a cave ceiling meet deposits growing from its floor up.
• flowstones : this is the term for layered deposits found along cavern streambeds.