Mystery Science- birth of rocks

What is the term used for rock and soil moving down a hill or mountain, normally after a large rain?

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

• Landslide

• Flood

What causes rock layers?

• Floods cause rock layers

• types of soil/sediment that are on top of the ground make layers over long periods of time

• Rain makes the rock layers

• Earthquakes make the rock layers

Some volcanoes do not cause as much damage and you can walk on it while the lava comes out. These are ____ volcanoes.

• Gentle

• Kind

• Calm

What is one of the most important things that make animal remains into fossils over time?

• The animal remains must be soft tissue like ears and noses

• The animal must be sleeping

• The animal remains must get covered over or buried

• The animal remains must be under water

This type of volcano is tall and pointy, with thick lava.

• cone volcano

• shield volcano

• Mt. St. Helens

• pyramid volcano

Scientists who study rocks are called?

• Biologist

• Geologist

• Audiologist

• Chemist

What are the type kinds of lava?

• thin and large

• small and thick

• thin and thick

The pattern of volcanoes and fault lines around the Pacific Ocean is sometimes called.

• The Ring of Fire

• The Horseshoe of Fire

• The Ring of Volcanoes

• The Pacific Plate

When Mount Vesuvius exploded, it buried what nearby city?

• Pompeii

• Rome

• Paris

The rocks from a shield volcano are called

• basalt

• felsite

• granite