Groundwater Basics
Karst Topography
Soils
Free For fAll
WHAT!!!!
100
The upper surface of the zone of saturation
water table
100
these hang from a cave ceiling
What are stalaCtites
100
Loose rock fragments from weathered rocked mixed with organic material.
What is Soil?
100
This is a stone that allows sinkholes to form?
limestone, dolomite
100
Groundwater does this when is moves
what is flows down and peculates up through pores in the spaces of the ground
200
this causes the water table to rise
rain
200
Groundwater can create these
caves
200
Name the layers of soil in the correct order.
O, A, E, B , C, R
200
What is this topography
Karst
200
When a stalagmite and stalactite grow togather
column
300
water that is found below the ground
groundwater
300
When water dissolves this caves are created
calcium carbonate in Limestone
300
Which soil layer is composed of bedrock?
R Layer
300
The water dissolved this the bedrock to create sinkholes (and caves)
Limestone
300
This chemical compound makes up most of solution cave formations and is easily dissolved
What is calcium carbonate
400
This type of material allows water to flow through it
permeable material
400
Caves form from
Limestone/Dolomite calcium carbonate rich bedrock
400
Dark layer of decomposing organic matter
What is humus? (O Horizon)
400
This forms when the ground over a void (cave) collapses
sinkhole
400
Springs are where the water rises to the surface
naturally
500
The percent of a materials volume that is pore space
Porosity
500
Describe Karst Topography features
Caves, sinkholes, groundwater
500
Which layer has the subsoil?
B Horizon
500
Define an impermeable layer
Layer that water cannot pass through.
500
What is the number one agent of erosion?
WATER