Rock Types
What type of rock is formed by cooling of magma and lava?
Igneous Rock
Name the two most common types of volcanoes.
Cone and shield
Name two different types of weathering.
Root wedging, ice wedging, chemical, etc.
What are the "puzzle" pieces called that form the surface of the Earth?
Plates
What are zombies in Fortnite called?
Husks
Name the three types of rocks.
Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
What type of lava does a cone volcano erupt?
Thick, pasty lava
Describe what erosion of rocks is.
Moving rocks with water, wind, ice, gravity
What state in the U.S is on a boundary of a plate (A.K.A San Andreas fault).
California
What was the first animate Disney movie?
SnowWhite
What rock is formed when sediment is laid down over time and compressed?
Sedimentary
Where are most of volcanoes in the world?
Ring of Fire (along the coast surrounding the Pacific Ocean)
Explain root wedging.
When a seed grows in a crack of a rock, grows, and the roots break apart the rocks and grow in the rocks.
What moves and carries the plates?
The mantle
What was the first food eaten in space by astronauts? Hint: made from something Conor did this past weekend!
Applesauce
This type of rock is formed from existing rocks through physical and chemical change.
Metamorphic
Why are some volcanoes shaped like a shield? (Think about the lava in a shield volcano).
They are made from runny lava that spreads out widely.
Explain ice wedging (mentioning what happens to water when it freezes)
When water gets inside a crack, freezes and thaws numbers of times, eventually breaking the rock because when water freezes, it expands.
Why did buildings in Haiti collapse?
Buildings were not life safe. No steel in concrete pillars/beams. Haiti could not afford to build structures that were life safe.
What is black and white and read all over?
A newspaper!
Name an example of each rock type: Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
I-granite, obsidian, pumice
S-chalk, conglomerate, sandstone
M-gneiss, marble, granite
What type of rock is found around a shield volcano?
Basalt
Explain how the Grand Canyon was formed.
It was carved out by the Colorado River. Through weathering and erosion, rock was broken and moved, carving the canyon wider and wider. This took a long time to do.
What plate do we live on?
North American Plate
How many holes are often on a golf course?
18