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The Peak District has a large limestone area.
Limestone Scenery 2
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Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and/or aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).
Test your knowledge with this second quiz on Limestone Scenery.
1 .
Gordale Scar in Yorkshire is an example of what?
A gorge
A limestone sidewalk
A stalactite
A swallow hole
It's approximately 15-16 million years old!
2 .
What are upright blocks in a limestone sidewalk called?
Brads
Clints
Grints
Tors
3 .
On a diagram, limestone has what type of shading?
Brick wall
Circles
Cross hatching
Diagonal stripes
Because the rock is full of cracks like some brick walls
4 .
Limestone areas often have which economic activity?
Coal mining
Fishing
Forestry
Quarrying
The rock has many uses e.g. building, in steelworks
5 .
Why does a gorge floor contain lots of boulders?
From the collapse of a cavern roof
They were carried there by glaciers
They were deposited by streams
They were thrown by vandals
A gorge is formed when the roof of a cavern falls in
6 .
Which of these National Parks has the most extensive limestone area?
Dartmoor
Lake District
Peak District
Snowdonia
The Peak District is in Derbyshire
7 .
Which streams only appear on limestone after heavy rain?
Intermittent
Latent
Misfit
Sub-continuous
8 .
Lines of horizontal weakness between layers of limestone are called what?
Bedding planes
Carboniferous fissures
Rupture lines
Settling levels
9 .
Rainwater attacks limestone by which process?
Abrasion
Chemical weathering
Exfoliation
Physical weathering
Limestone dissolves in rainwater
10 .
Redeposited limestone rising from a cave floor has what name?
Dolomite
Kryptonite
Stalactite
Stalagmite
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