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How was the cave discovered? |
Ranchers saw a cloud of bats exiting the cave in the evenings
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What did they mine out of the caves in the early 1900's?
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Bat guano that was used as fertilizer |
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Who first started leading tours into the caves and eventually became the first chief ranger of the park?
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Jim White |
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What caves in the park weren't discovered until the 1980's?
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Lechuguilla Cave
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The geology at Carlsbad is most like the geology at:
A) Biscayne B) Guadalupe C) Bryce Canyon D) Grand Canyon |
B |
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The endless recycling of water through the Earth's atmosphere, surface water, and groundwater is called:
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The hydrologic cycle |
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The hydrologic cycle is powered by: |
The sun |
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The unsaturated zone within the ground where some of the pore spaces are filled with air is called the: |
Vadose Zone |
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The saturated zone within the ground where all of the pore spaces are filled with water is the: |
Phreatic zone |
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The dividing line between the unsaturated zone and the saturated zone is called the: |
Water table |
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What atmospheric gas can combine with water to form carbonic acid which can dissolve limestone?
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Carbon Dioxide |
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What name is given to the limestone that forms by the precipitation of calcium carbonate inside caves? |
Travertine |
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What is the general term for all cave formations or dripstone features?
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Speleothems |
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A landscape showing depressions at the surface due to the dissolving of limestone underground is called: |
Karst topography |
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Why is the origin of Carlsbad Caverns considered unusual?
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The caverns were primarily dissolved by sulfuric acid |
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Where did the hydrogen sulfide gas in the caverns originate?
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In the petroleum deposits |
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The dripstone features or speleothems in the caves are formed of:
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Calcium carbonate |
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What state is Biscayne National Park Located in? |
Florida |
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What state is Gaudalupe Mountains National Park located in? |
Texas |
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What state is Carlsbad Caverns National Park located in? |
New Mexico |
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T/F The deepest cave and the largest underground room of any cave in the country are both found in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. |
True |
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T/F Most of the fresh water available for human use is in the form of ground water. |
True |
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T/F Speleothems are the result of depositional processes by ground water in the saturated zone. |
False, it takes place in the unsaturated zone |
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T/F Sinkholes are common at the ground surface in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. |
False, the climate is too arid for sinkholes to form |
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T/F Speleothems grow rapidly, at an average rate of about one centimeter every hour. |
False |
