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Question 1

Mammoth Cave video:

https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/secs-geog-mft-
mammoth-caves
Where is the majority of liquid fresh water found?

streams

glaciers

lakes

sinkholes

Correct! rocks and sediments

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Question 2

Mammoth Cave video:

https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/secs-geog-mft-
mammoth-caves
Which of the following can control groundwater’s ability to flow?

Correct! change of water table elevation

acidic water

gravel

solid bedrock

ice
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Question 3

Mammoth Cave video:

https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/secs-geog-mft-
mammoth-caves
The presence of the Green River has a significant impact on the water
table in the area around Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. How
does the relationship between the Green River and the water table affect
cave passage formation?

The water table adds more water to the Green River, raising the river’s
elevation and allowing cave passages to be created nearer to the surface.

Correct!
As the Green River erodes downward, the water table will lower as the
groundwater flows toward the stream, carving new cave passages further
from the surface.

No answer text provided.

As the Green River erodes downward, the water table will raise as more
water infiltrates into the subsurface, creating new cave passages.

Water added to the subsurface via infiltration from the Green River will
keep the water table at the same elevation for longer, giving acidic water
more time to carve out cave passages.

he Green River’s processes are separate from the regional groundwater

flow. Caves are carved by acid alone.

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Question 4

Mammoth Cave video:

 https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/secs-geog-mft-
mammoth-caves
The Mammoth Plateau near Mammoth Cave National Park is higher in
elevation than the surrounding landscape and separates the Sinkhole
Plain from the Green River. As the Mammoth Plateau is a major
topographical barrier, how does precipitation that falls on the Sinkhole
Plain make it into the Green River Valley?

passage to flow through.

eventually discharge into the Green River.

Precipitation flows in surface streams that cut through the Mammoth

Plateau and empty into the Green River.

The Mammoth Plateau is composed of unconsolidated sediments.

Precipitation seeps through pore spaces to eventually discharge into the
Green River.

Correct!
Precipitation infiltrates into the subsurface via limestone sinkholes and
flows through subterranean passages beneath the Plateau to the Green
River Valley.

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Question 5

Mammoth Cave video:

https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/secs-geog-mft-
mammoth-caves
In the late twentieth century, Hidden River Cave had suffered from
significant pollution and bad odor. Although various chemical pollutants
had been dumped or spilled nearby, none had intentionally been disposed
of in Hidden River Cave. How did they end up there?

Correct!
Hidden River Cave and the dump sites are connected via various
sinkholes and subterranean passages.
 The pollution was carried to the cave by a local river.

The chemicals were caustic enough to dissolve their own pathways

through the carbonate rock.

Pollutants migrated along manmade pathways (e.g., sewers).

Pollution moved along highly fractured bedrock to get into the cave.

Quiz Score: 10 out of 10