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True-False Quiz


This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1
1 Almost all underground water is laced with enough chemical impurities to make it a good solvent.
   
 
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Question 2
2 Dissolution is particularly ineffective on carbonate sedimentary rocks, particularly limestone.
   
 
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Question 3
3 Most limestone is resistant to mechanical erosion, even though it is readily soluble.
   
 
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Question 4
4 Caverns are found anywhere there is a massive limestone deposit at or near the surface.
   
 
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Question 5
5 Hot springs and geysers nearly always provide an accumulation of precipitated minerals.
   
 
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Question 6
6 The word karst is used as a catchall name that describes the special landforms that develop on exceptionally soluble rocks.
   
 
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Question 7
7 Typical landforms in karst regions include sinkholes, disrupted surface drainage, and underground drainage networks.
   
 
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Question 8
8 The largest sinkholes are associated with tropical regions.
   
 
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Question 9
9 Great quantities of water drain into the tube of a fumarole.
   
 
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Question 10
10 A geyser is a special form of intermittent hot spring that erupts when pressure builds in a restricted subterranean tube.
   
 
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