The Birth of Rocks Review

Volcanoes

100

This type of landform follows a pattern. When you look at a map, you can see lines of them. 

What is a volcano? 

200

This is how likely a volcano is to erupt around Wisconsin. 

What is very unlikely?

300

This is where most of the volcanoes in the world are located. 

What is the Ring of Fire? 

400

This is the placement of volcanoes on a continent. 

What is on the edge, close to the water, or in a line? 

500

This is the type of rock that is formed when lava cools.

What is an igneous rock? 

Exploding Volcanoes

100

This is the type of lava that a shield volcano has.

What is thin lava?

200

This is the reason for a cone volcano's shape.

What is thick lava cooling and creating a mountain-shape?

300

This is the type of volcano that is more likely to explode.

What is a cone volcano? 

400

This is a type of rock that is formed from lava. 

What is felsite or basalt? 

500

Seeing volcanic rocks in an area that does not have volcanoes might mean this.

What is that a volcano might have been in the area long, long ago?

Weathering and Erosion

100

Fill in the blank: Mountains ______ last forever. 

What is do not?

200

This is the size and way rocks look at the bottom of a mountain.

What is smaller and smoother from falling down the mountain?

300

This is one way that a rock can break apart.

What are seeds or water? 

400

This is what a rock would look like that is on top of a mountain.

What is larger and less smooth? 

500

This is why sidewalks get cracked in cold areas. 

What is ice freezing and breaking the sidewalk apart? 

Erosion and Natural Disasters

100

This is the type of natural disaster that we talked about in class. 

What is a landslide? 

200

This is a cause of landslides.

What is a slope larger than 35 degrees, loose rocks, and lots of rain? 

300

This is an example of something to stay away from when camping. 

What are loose rocks, slopes larger than 35 degrees, and lots of rainfall?

400

This is a way that people have kept landslides from happening. 

What are walls, terraces, falling rock barriers, or a rock shed? 

500

This is a way of protecting a house from a landslide.

Answers will vary!