Name: ______________________________
Session & Dates: ____________________
“Caves” Trip Survey
Put the letter of the best answer on the line next to the question.
___ 1. Which type of cave is formed by rock splits, boulder movements, and motions of the earth?
A. Fissure Caves
C. Ice Cave
B. Lava Tubes
D. Solution Cave
___ 2. Why is it important not to disturb bats during hibernation?
A. They forget where they are
C. They eat too many bugs
B. They die instantly
D. They use up stored energy
___ 3. Which of the following is NOT considered to be one of the three rock categories found on earth:
A. Igneous
C. Sedimentary
B. Granite
D. Metamorphic
___ 4. ____________ is a type of sedimentary rock used in the formation of many caves.
A. Limestone
C. Shale
B. Sandstone
D. Quartz
___ 5. A natural underground open space or cavity formed by various geological processes is known as
________________.
A. A sinkhole
C. A cave
B. A pothole
D. A grotto
___ 6. The most common type of cave is ____________.
A. A solution cave
C. A corrasional cave
B. A wind cave
D. A sea cave
___ 7. Mineral deposits that characterize solution caves are called what?
A. Cave structures
C. Speleothems
B. Karsts
D. Sinkholes
___ 8. Karst is the name for a landscape with topographic features formed by what processes?
A. Earthquakes
C. Land slides
B. Groundwater erosion
D. Mining
___ 9. Which of the following is NOT considered to be a karst formation?
A. Sinkholes
C. Disappearing streams
B. Solution valleys
D. Stalagmite
___ 10. Limestone is a highly soluble mineral composed of calcite (CaCO3). What acid is produced when
water interacts with the limestone?
A. Carbonic acid
C. Calcitic acid
B. Sulfuric acid
D. Hydrobromic acid
___ 11. This type of passageway resembles surface braided streams, separating and reuniting throughout
the cave, and is considered to be the most common type?
A. Branchwork
C. Anastomotic
B. Spongework
D. Angular
___ 12. Which of the following is the correct order of zones in a cave from the outside to the inside?
A. Twilight, Threshold, Entrance, Middle, Dark
C. Entrance, Twilight, Threshold, Middle, Dark
B. Threshold, Entrance, Middle, Twilight, Dark
D. Entrance, Twilight, Middle, Threshold, Dark
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___ 13. At which zone in a cave do you begin experiencing the phenomenon known as luminous efficacy?
A. Dark
C. Threshold
B. Twilight
D. Middle
___ 14. At which zone in a cave is the temperature most stable?
A. Dark
C. Threshold
B. Twilight
D. Middle
___ 15. Geothermal gradient is a change in temperature with the length of the cave?
A. True
B. False
___ 16. What two sources of heat transport outside conditions into the cave?
A. Water and outside rock
C. Water and air
B. Geothermal gradient and air
D. Air and inside rock
___ 17. Which of the following cave organisms does not ever live within?
A. Trogolobites
C. Phreatobites
B. Trogolophiles
D. Accidentals
___ 18. Which of the following cave organisms is adapted to live in complete darkness?
A. Trogolobites
C. Phreatobites
B. Trogolophiles
D. Accidentals
___ 19. ___________ are a small group of organisms that live in tiny spaces of caves where humans
cannot travel.
A. Trogolobites
C. Phreatobites
B. Trogolophiles
D. Accidentals
___ 20. Which of the following caves is the deepest cave in the world?
A. Krubera
C. Bat Cave
B. Mammoth
D. Worley’s
___ 21. The optical phenomenon in which light is generated when asymmetrical crystalline bonds are
broken is known as ____________.
A. Luminous efficacy
C. Bioluminescence
B. Triboluminescence
D. Crystalloluminescence
___ 22. A solution valley is formed by the merging of several what?
A. Solution caves
C. Sinkholes
B. Disappearing streams
D. Rivers
___ 23. Which of the following is NOT considered to be a speleothem?
A. Stalagmites
C. Flowstone
B. Cobblestone
D. Soda straws
___ 24. Why is it important not to touch an “active” formation within a cave?
A. Growth will cease and the formation will die
C. The formation will get dirty
B. They are slippery and will make you fall
D. They are fragile and will break
___ 25. According to the Tennessee Cave Survey, which state currently has the most number of discovered
caves?
A. New York
C. Kansas
B. California
D. Tennessee
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