What occasion do you use "stalagmite"?
I am not sure.
please give me expample sentences with explanations.
do you sometimes use it ?
and also do you have a good idea to memorize it?
many in thank
2007-08-07 16:34:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Unless in a limestone cave, these are not words I would really use in my day-to-day life...
The English equivalent to the French trick:
"le stalacMite Monte (Mounts) et le stalacTite Tombe (± Tumbles)" [you may impress your friends]
could be:
stalaGmite with a G like in Ground
stalaCtite with a C like in Ceiling
When a sM and a sT meet, they form a Pilar and everything eventually is for the best!
More mnemonics in the link below.
2007-08-07 16:51:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stalagmites are made of calcium carbonate and minerals and only occur in limestone caves.
I hope you have the right word, because "stalagmite" never comes up in common conversation unless you're a giving a tour of caverns or commenting on your cave expedition. I've used it in that sense, and I won a 5th grade spelling bee with the word stalagmite.
"While visiting the Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico, I saw incredible stalagmites and stalactites formations."
If you aren't applying to be a tour guide, I wouldn't think you'd have to memorize the word. Anyway stalagmites have a g therefore they are the ones that come out of the ground. Stalactites have a c, thus the come from the ceiling.
2007-08-07 16:46:59 · answer #2 · answered by Wanton!Wonton 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the drippings coming up from the bottom of a cave.
You could say.. I saw a stalagmite when exploring a cave.
Yeah not that interesting! lol
But you can memorize it this way
Stalactite is the top of the cave and it has a c in it, like a ceiling.
Stalagmite is the other one!
2007-08-07 16:37:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A stalagmite is a mighty pillar that rises from the cave floor....you can remember it because it is a mighty pillar...on the other hand a stalactite hangs tightly from the ceiling.
That's how I remembered it when I was younger.
Sentence: We are going to see the stalagmite's that have formed in the cave.
2007-08-07 16:39:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stalagmites & stalagtites form in caves, from the minerals
contained in dripping underground water.
Stalagmites form on the floor, stalagtites on the ceiling.
I remember that the 'm' stands for mountains.
2007-08-07 16:39:11 · answer #5 · answered by Robert S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stalagmite is a cave formation that is forming on the floor of a cave...it might reach the ceiling...stalagtite..is a cave formation that forms on the ceiling of the cave...it holds tite to the ceiling.
2007-08-07 16:37:53 · answer #6 · answered by Monte T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its the pointy objects in a cave. theres a stalagmite and a stalagtite depending on if its on the floor of a cave or on the ceiling but i dont remeber which is which
2007-08-07 16:41:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the definition as a sentence. If you live near Virginia, visit the Luray Caverns.
2007-08-07 16:42:20 · answer #8 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dunno.. You'd just use it when talking about a stalagmite in a cave.
Ex: This Stalagmite was formed from chemicals dropping down in the cave.
i don't know... how about "A stalag-MIGHT be found in a cave?" hahaha you just can't write it with might.
2007-08-07 16:39:22 · answer #9 · answered by arsenic sauce 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Don't trip over that stalagmite!" OTOH, the stalagtite "holds tight" to the ceiling...
2007-08-07 16:39:51 · answer #10 · answered by Chuck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋