Florida’s Karst Communities Assessment
Vocab:
Karst Topography
Dissolution
Condensation
Transpiration
Precipitation
Run-off
Percolation
Study Guide
Wed. April 1, 2015
Groundwater
Surface water
Evaporation
Epiphytes
Hammock
Hummock
Sinkhole (Sink)
Water Cycle/Karst
 How does limestone form?
 Dissolution of Limestone-how does it happen?
 Examples of Karst topography
 Freshwater and Salt water percentages
 Be able to draw the water cycle
 Know vocab from above assoc with Karst/Water Cycle
Rocklands
 Pine Rocklands
o Tree that dominates
o Where located in the state? Where did they used to be? What happened?
o Effects of fire
 Rockland Hammocks—2 types
o Type of ree that dominates
 Mainland vs. Keys
o Differences of these two
 Examples of plants and animals present (specifically the ones we discussed in your notes/homework)
 Conservation concerns, why important to FL?
 Plants and birds relationship
Terrestrial Caves/Sinks
 Terrestrial caves
o How form?
o Located where in FL
 Internal physical conditions of caves
 Food Web of caves
 Bats and their role
 Adaptations of cave dwellers
 Sinkhole =
 4 types of sinkholes and characteristics
o Wet Sink
o Dry Sink
o Funnel Sink
o Solution Hole
 Diff between Wet sink and solution hole
Study:
Two Worksheets
Read Chapter 7
3 note packets
Video notes
Format:
Multiple Choice
True-False
Matching
Free-response