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Caves
By
Akhil Chivukula
Characteristics
 Caves are underground rooms[made from limestone]
 Caves also form lava and other rocks
 Most of water dries, leaving minerals behind
 The minerals form stalactites that hang from cave ceilings
 Some water on stalactites drips to the floor forming stalagmites
 Stalagmites grow from cave floors towards the ceiling
Location
 Mammoth cave is in Kentucky
 Missouri is called the Cave State
 Vornoja Krubera Cave is in Asia’s Republic of Georgia
Plants
Mosses and ferns grow near cave entrances[where light shines]
Mushrooms, Molds and other fungi[other types of organism that has no
leaves, more than one fungus is fungi] are not plants.
They don’t need light to grow.
Animals
Many fish in cave lakes and rivers don’t have eyes , so they get around by
feeling or smelling.
Other animals hibernate in caves.
Bears, bats and crickets spend cold months in caves.
Work Cited
Niz , Ellen . Caves. Minnesota, Mankato: Capstone
Press, 2006.