Bats Cave Formation Cave Sections Types of Caves

Bats

Cave Formation

Cave Sections

Types of Caves

Cave Organisms

Definitions

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Which type has a structure around it’s nostril to direct sound for echolocation?

Horseshoe bat

What is bat poo called?

Guano

What is the process called that bats use to “see” or maneuver?

Echolocation

Bats are the only ______ that can fly.

Mammals

Where does the membrane stretch from to create a wing?

Body to fingertips

Rain dissolves carbon dioxide into what?

Carbonic Acid

The hole the water exits a cave through is called a what?

Resurgence

What causes the water to empty out of the cave?

The water level outside the cave drops

What chemical causes stalactites and stalagmites?

Calcite

What does carbonic acid dissolve?

Minerals in Rock

Exist deep in the cave only come into contact with the surface through wind, etc.

Hypogean

What section of a cave comes into contact with the outside?

Endogean

What section is near cave mouths and extend to the last penetration of sunlight?

Parahypogean

Name all 3 sections of a Cave.

Endogean Hypogean Parahypogean

The deeper the cave, the less _____ is found.

Biodiversity

Lava travels beneath the surface and is expelled by a volcano.

Lava Tube

Form where rock is dissolved away.

Solution Cave

Form from wave actions along the coast where areas are weak in sea cliffs.

Sea Caves

Formed by the action of water or wind carrying abrasive particles that carve rock

Erosional

Name the 4 types of caves we looked at.

Lava, Solution, Sea, and Erosional

Are known as “Cave lovers”.

Troglophiles

Can’t live outside of a cave.

Troglobites

Can’t survive in a cave for any time period.

Troglophobes

Frequents caves and are considered “cave guests”.

Trogloxenes

Name 3 adaptations for organisms that live in caves.

Pigment, eyes (loss/blue), echolocation, enhancement of other senses, elongation of appendages

A hole large enough for a person to crawl into, naturally formed and dark.

Cave

Calcite deposits that drop from the top of a cave.

Stalactites

Calcite deposits that form on the cave floor.

Stalagmites

Forms when stalagmites and stalactites grow together.

Columns

Term used to describe animals that are active during the night.

Nocturnal