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  • What happened to allow the limestone to be exposed to the weather?
    Moving glaciers scraped clear the top soil
  • What is a swallow hole?
    When a river goes underground in a limestone landscape.
  • What cause the limestone to come to the earths surface?
    Tectonic plate movement
  • What is chemical weathering?
    Rain water becoming acidic and reacting with the limestone.
  • What is this?
    Stalagmite
  • What is the name for when a stalagmite and a stalactite meet?
    Pillar
  • What is limestone made of?
    Dead/ skeletal remains of sea creatures
  • What kind of waters is limestone formed in?
    Warm, shallow, marine waters
  • What are the gaps in a limestone pavement called?
    Grykes
  • What is this? 
    Stalactitie
  • What chemical is limestone made of?
    Calcium Carbonate
  • What are the layers of limestone called?
    Bedding planes
  • What erosional process happens to limestone?
    Chemical weathering
  • What are the blocks in a limestone pavement called?
    Clints
  • Name one location of Limestone in the UK.
    Yorkshire Dales/ Peak District/ Mendip Hills
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