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Biggest, Baddest Book of Caves PDF

27 Pages·2014·26.842 MB·English
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Copyright © 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group, Inc. International copyrights reserved in all countries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Super SandCastle™ is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing. Printed in the United States of America, North Mankato, Minnesota 102014 012015 Editor: Liz Salzmann Content Developer: Nancy Tuminelly Cover and Interior Design and Production: Colleen Dolphin, Mighty Media, Inc. Photo Credits: Kenneth Ingham, Shutterstock, Waitomo Glowworm Caves, Wikipedia (Chris Gray/Rolanddeschain, Piercehendrie, Steinsky, Tod Baker, WTucker, Yerpo) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kuskowski, Alex.   Biggest, baddest book of caves / Alex Kuskowski.        pages cm. --  (Biggest, baddest books)   ISBN 978-1-62403-514-2 1.  Caves--Juvenile literature.  I. Title. II. Series: Biggest, baddest books.   GB601.2.K87 2015   551.44'7--dc23                                                2014024006 Super SandCastle™ books are created by a team of professional educators, reading specialists, and content developers around five essential components—phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, text comprehension, and fluency—to assist young readers as they develop reading skills and strategies and increase their general knowledge. All books are written, reviewed, and leveled for guided reading, early reading intervention, and Accelerated Reader® programs for use in shared, guided, and independent reading and writing activities to support a balanced approach to literacy instruction. s Caves! 4 Underground Discovery 6 t Sunken Worlds 8 n Guided by the Light 10 Cave Creatures 12 e Creepy Crawly Critter Creatures 14 t Exploring the Darkness 16 n Eerie Cave Echoes 18 The Deepest & Darkest Caves o in the World 20 Home Sweet Cave 22 C What Do You Know About Caves? 23 Glossary 24 (cid:36)(cid:34)(cid:55)(cid:38)(cid:52)(cid:2) Caves are underground spaces. It can take millions of years to create a cave. 4444 THE SECRET DEEP Underground caves are hidden in the earth. Scientists study the land looking for clues. Sometimes they find new caves. (cid:80)(cid:102)(cid:107)(cid:104)(cid:102)(cid:107)(cid:100)(cid:29)(cid:80)(cid:113)(cid:111)(cid:98)(cid:94)(cid:106) (cid:80)(cid:102)(cid:107)(cid:104)(cid:101)(cid:108)(cid:105)(cid:98)(cid:112) (cid:77)(cid:102)(cid:113)(cid:112)(cid:29)(cid:35)(cid:29)(cid:80)(cid:101)(cid:94)(cid:99)(cid:113)(cid:112) Some rivers travel A cave can form Pits and shafts are underground. The close to the surface. holes in the earth. water may flow into The ground over it They are vertical a cave. is thin. If the ground caves. breaks, it creates a sinkhole. 55 UNDERGROUND D I S C O V E R Y (cid:80)(cid:113)(cid:108)(cid:107)(cid:98)(cid:29)(cid:64)(cid:101)(cid:94)(cid:107)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:105)(cid:102)(cid:98)(cid:111)(cid:112) Water on a cave ceiling (cid:68)(cid:108)(cid:108)(cid:98)(cid:118)(cid:29)(cid:29) dries up. It leaves (cid:64)(cid:94)(cid:115)(cid:98)(cid:29)(cid:80)(cid:107)(cid:108)(cid:113) minerals behind. Sticky goo called The minerals snottite hangs become rocks from cave ceilings. called Watch out! Snottite stalactites. has bacteria. It can They can burn your skin! look like chandeliers . 66 (cid:63)(cid:94)(cid:96)(cid:108)(cid:107)(cid:29)(cid:80)(cid:113)(cid:111)(cid:102)(cid:109)(cid:112) Cave bacon is made of mineral-filled rock. The stripes look like bacon. It is so thin you can see light through it! (cid:68)(cid:111)(cid:108)(cid:116)(cid:102)(cid:107)(cid:100)(cid:29)(cid:29) (cid:79)(cid:108)(cid:96)(cid:104)(cid:112) Stalagmites grow up from cave floors. Water drips from the ceiling. The drops minerals have . The minerals pile up on the floor. (cid:64)(cid:94)(cid:115)(cid:98)(cid:29)(cid:77)(cid:108)(cid:109)(cid:96)(cid:108)(cid:111)(cid:107) Cave popcorn is made of water drops filled with minerals. The water splashes on cave walls and floors. The minerals stick together and form bumps. 777 S U N K E N (cid:73)(cid:102)(cid:106)(cid:98)(cid:112)(cid:113)(cid:108)(cid:107)(cid:98)(cid:29)(cid:64)(cid:94)(cid:115)(cid:98) (cid:80)(cid:98)(cid:94)(cid:29)(cid:64)(cid:94)(cid:115)(cid:98) Some places have a lot of limestone Sea caves are created when underground. Acids in underground waves crash into cliffs. Waves hit water slowly eat away at the the rocks hard. The water washes limestone. This creates caves. The away the rock. caves grow over thousands of years. 88

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