directions: read eleanors rough draft, and use it to answer the questions that follow. \virginia outback\…

directions: read eleanors rough draft, and use it to answer the questions that follow. \virginia outback\ goes underground (1) in past months reporters from this newspaper have trekked through several of virginias state parks, including the breaks interstate park. (2) this week three of us report from a different part of virginia—the part under the ground. (3) not knowing what to expect, sarah schwartz, hayden collins, and i traveled to a cave on a farm in nearby highland county. (4) there we met with people who study and explore caves. (5) the owner of the farm restricts access to keep it as undisturbed and as pure as possible, so i cannot name the cave, but i can say that it appears to be no more than a large hole in the ground. (6) in fact, that is essentially what our virginia caves are. (7) above ground, they first appear as sinkholes. (8)the underground cave is exposed when water in the sinkholes erodes the underlying limestone. (9) our guide, dr. maurice newman from the state college, made us very aware, though, that a cave is more than just a hole in the ground. (10) as i entered the cave, i felt as if i was walking into a place totally disconnected from which of these best states the thesis for this article? a. because water that forms caves runs through them into an underground reservoir, pollution in caves can endanger virginias water supply. b. caves are home to many unique creatures, among them the virginia big - eared bats that hang upside down from the roof of the cave during the day and the albino fish that live in the underground streams. c. cave formation in virginia and elsewhere, which involves the slow process of water eroding limestone, takes many years to accomplish. d. although life above ground seems to take place in a different world, it affects virginias caves, and in turn, caves affect the land above.

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