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Stalagmites are formed when the stalagtite above it drips small amounts of liquid onto it and it slowly hardens and keeps forming upward. It takes about 100 years for a stalagmite to grow 1 inch.
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What is the formation of stalagmites?
it is formed by the droplets falling from the stalactites in the ceiling of the cave.
Which formation in a cave rise from the floor stalagmites or stalactites?
stalagmites are on the cave floor, stalactites are on the cave roof. stalagmites are mighty like Hercules, they hold the ceiling up. +++ An easy mnemonic: "c for ceiling, g for ground". Another is "Stalagmites might reach the roof [and sometimes do, forming a 'column'] and stalactites hang on tight."
Where are stalagmites formed?
Stalagmites are formed on the floor or ground of the cave and are spikes facing upward.
What are stalactites and stalagmites and why are they produced?
Stalactites and stalagmites are corresponding rock formations , stalactites being the ones on the roof of the cave and stalagmites the ones on the cave floor. Why are they formed? They are formed because water leaking into the caves craves out the rocks slowly into stalagmites and stalactites.
What are Stalactites and stalagmites in caves?
Stalagtites are structures that hang down like icicle s from the cave ceiling; Stalagmites are what comes up from the cave floor.
Is formation of stalagmites in a cave a physical or chemical change?
it is physical
Is the formation of stalagmites in a cave a physical change?
it probably going to be a physical change because when the stalagmites form in the cave its still going to be a cave and nothing really is going to change the cave.
What is the formation of stalagmites?
it is formed by the droplets falling from the stalactites in the ceiling of the cave.
What part of a cave rises up from the ground?
The formation in a cave that rises from the floor are called stalagmites
Is the formation of stalagmites in a cave a physical or a chemical change?
physical because doesn't matter if it forms its still a cave
Which formation in a cave rise from the floor stalagmites or stalactites?
stalagmites are on the cave floor, stalactites are on the cave roof. stalagmites are mighty like Hercules, they hold the ceiling up. +++ An easy mnemonic: "c for ceiling, g for ground". Another is "Stalagmites might reach the roof [and sometimes do, forming a 'column'] and stalactites hang on tight."
Formation of stalagmites in a cave physical or chemical change?
The simpler answer is Chemical, but the crystallising of the calcite is a Physical process..
Stalagmites grow from?
Cave floors, by the precipitation of calcite dissolved in ground-water passing through the limestone's joints above the formation.
Where are stalagmites formed?
Stalagmites are formed on the floor or ground of the cave and are spikes facing upward.
What cave formations are formed from water drippings on the cave floor?
stalagmites
What are stalactites and stalagmites and why are they produced?
Stalactites and stalagmites are corresponding rock formations , stalactites being the ones on the roof of the cave and stalagmites the ones on the cave floor. Why are they formed? They are formed because water leaking into the caves craves out the rocks slowly into stalagmites and stalactites.
Where were the first stalagmites and stalactites found?
In a Cave
