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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lesson Plan - Your Field Trip to Ruby Falls

Geology of Ruby Falls

History of Ruby Falls

Environmental Education

Vocabulary List 
("Cave Communications")

Thought Questions Page

Quiz - Fill in the blank

Experiment - "Grow your own rock"

Quiz - Multiple choice cave terms

Cave crossword puzzle

Teacher answer page

1) A Column is formed when:

a) limestone falls from the ceiling of the cave
b) rocks break down due to wind, water and ice
c) a stalagmite and a stalactite have met and join
d) water flows through a cave

2) A Curtain is a:

a) thin drapery formation with bands of different colors
b) thin translucent sheet of calcite formed by water
c) pillar like structure
d) none of the above

3) A crack or parting in a rock is called a:

a) Helictite
b) Cave
c) Formation
d) Fault

4) Chemical and Physical Weathering do what to rocks?

a) make them more valuable
b) break them down
c) make them more beautiful
d) make them grow larger

5) A cave is a natural opening beneath the Earth's surface large enough for you to fit what in?

a) your foot
b) an animal
c) a person
d) none of the above

6) What is a type of Stalactite?

a) a fault
b) a stalagmite
c) a helictite
d) a bacon rind

7) Physical Weathering is caused by:

a) wind
b) water
c) plants
d) all of the above

8) A part of nature that humans can enjoy such as coal, oil, or natural areas such as parks is:

a) a non renewable resource
b) a landform
c) a renewable resource
d) a natural resource

9) Wind, water and glaciers can make what happen?

a) erosion
b) formations
c) faults
d) none of the above

10) Ground water is located:

a) on top of the ground
b) under the ground
c) both of the above
d) neither of the above