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Which one of the following features of limestone scenery is found underground?   Select an answer stalactites dry valleys clints grikes limestone pavements  


Which of the following contains areas of limestone scenery?   Select an answer Exmoor and Dartmoor Lake District and Snowdonia Snowdonia and Pembrokshire Coast Peak district and Yorkshire Dales Norfolk Broads and Snowdonia  


What is the term used to describe limestone scenery?   Select an answer Karst Stalactite Limestone pavement Clint Swallow hole  


What is another name for a pothole?   Select an answer Swallow hole Stalactite Resurgence Dry valley Clint  


Limestone is a rock which mainly consists of:   Select an answer Silicone Pumice Igneous rock Calcium carbonite Stalactites  


Limestone is   Select an answer an igneous rock an impervious rock formed by volcanic action a metamorphic rock a sedimentary rock  


Bedding planes are:   Select an answer cracks in limestone layers of limestone formed by erosion impervious All of the above  


What causes chemical weathering in limestone areas?   Select an answer acidic water the wind frost action ice the sea  


What is the name of the place where water reappears in limestone areas?   Select an answer swallow hole karst cave river resurgence  


Calcium carbonate is:   Select an answer the remains of sea shells and coral used in toothpaste lava which has cooled an igneous rock a type of pumice  

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