Materials 80 mL Carbonated Water
80 mL Acetic Acid
(2) Chalk Pieces (CaCO3)
Permanent Marker
*80 mL Tap Water
*Timer (watch, cell phone, internet, etc.)
Note: You must provide the materials listed in *red.
Labware
(3) 250 mL Beakers
Digital Scale
EXERCISE 1: SPELEOLOGY (UNDERSTANDING CAVE FORMATION)
In this exercise, you will observe what happens to chalk in different solutions and compare your observations to what occurs in nature.
1. Do the results of the exercise support your hypothesis? Explain your reasoning.
2. Compare and contrast the reaction of the chalk pieces in each solution.
3. Is this exercise an analog for physical or chemical weathering? Explain your reasoning.
4. Using your observations of the chalk in different solutions, explain how a limestone cave forms.

The chalk has been made up of calcium carbonate. The reaction of calcium carbonate with different solutions results in the formation of varying products.

The reaction of chalk with acetic acid results in the formation of Calcium acetate, with the production of carbon dioxide and water.

The reaction of chalk with carbonated water results in the formation of calcium bicarbonate.

The limestone caves has been formed by the dissociation of limestone with reaction of acid, forming carbon dioxide.

The formation has takes place in the acidic solution, and carbon-dioxide thus the resultant can be due to the acid rain.

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Limestone caves are formed when acid rain occurs.

Explanation:

When chalk pieces which is made of calcium carbonate react with acetic acid, it produces carbon dioxide, calcium acetate, and water. When calcium carbonate react with Carbonated Water produces calcium bicarbonate. Limestone cave forms when the dissolution of limestone occur when rainwater which is acidic due to the addition of carbondioxide in the air react with limestone. This dissolution removes the lime from the rock and caves are formed.

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