Summary
Beneath Kentucky lies Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system in the world — hundreds of miles of tunnels shaped by water over millions of years.
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Discussion
Beneath Kentucky lies Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system in the world — hundreds of miles of tunnels shaped by water over millions of years.
- How did water help carve such a huge cave over time?
- What might it be like to explore deep underground?
- Why do scientists and explorers map caves?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: cave, tunnel, explore.
Try it: Water shapes caves slowly. Predict what would happen if you dripped water on a sugar cube, then imagine that over millions of years.