02x04 - Rock and Patrol / Support Your Neighborhood Volcano

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it's time to

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mission control it's fun to learn

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it's fun to learn

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desert nothing but rocks and where do

rocks go for a good time

where else a rock concert

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tonight's concert is in support of save

our soil so remember keep our dirt clean

oh this is gonna be so great the bowling

stones haven't played together for ages

yeah cause they're always fighting their

last concert almost got cancelled

because they couldn't agree on what

flavor rock candy to have backstage well

looks like everything's going smoothly

tonight that's the most ridiculous thing

i ever heard how are you calling

ridiculous i marilyn metamorphic rock

say nothing tops metamorphic rock so i

should go on stage first

you shouldn't

it's me iggy igneous rock that puts the

fire in this band chill dudes everyone

knows that since elementary rock is the

coolest you've really lost it well if

that's how you feel

i quit

you can't

i quit first i did not

whoa there dudes i quit first and you

know what i'm going home me too me too

oh my stars they've gone home

great now what if they don't play

they're going to be a lot of very

unhappy rocks around here we've got to

find them and bring them back this is a

job for the zula patrol yeah but how do

we find them we don't even know where

they're from well then we'll just go

wherever you find igneous sedimentary

and metamorphic rats but where's that

let's find out in the multopedia

there are three different kinds of rock

igneous sedimentary and metamorphic

which one is which depends on how

they're formed

rocks are formed in the earth itself and

in many different ways igneous rocks

start out as hot liquid rock called

magma

magma is found below the earth's crust

or surface

sometimes the magma bubbles up to the

surface like it does in a volcano when

it comes to the surface it's called lava

and when lava cools it becomes igneous

rock of course the magma below ground

can also become igneous rock

sedimentary rocks are formed at the

bottom of rivers seas and oceans by clay

filth sand and pebbles settling on top

of each other so that explains igneous

and sedimentary but what about the third

kind of rock metamorphic metamorphic

means to change so metamorphic rocks are

just igneous or sedimentary rocks that

have been changed of course it takes a

long time for them to change and it

takes a lot of heat or a lot of weight

pressing on them to make them change

into metamorphic rock like when

mountains are formed

see the layers of sedimentary rock in

the ground are pressed and cemented

together really tight and pushed up from

inside the earth

after a long time those layers of

sedimentary rock change they stick

together and you get metamorphic rock

and a mountain

igneous rock can also become metamorphic

rock in the same way

you really know your rocks eater yep i'm

a real rock fan

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okay

now we know what the different rock

types are and that they're formed in

different ways but how does that help us

find iggy sit in maryland we'll start by

looking in the places each type of rock

is formed and since the places are all

very different we better get going wait

what about the audience they're waiting

to hear some music oh right

okay

zeder and i will go find the rock group

you four stay here and try to keep the

audience busy we'll be back soon

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you said igneous rocks are formed from

lava that is cool so a volcano is the

perfect place to look for iggy igneous

luckily i packed my testing kit this

morning time to attack some rocks this

rock is pretty dark

it looks like it could be from a volcano

and my rock field guy says some igneous

rocks are pretty hard

we're in igneous rock territory all

right i bet iggy's around here someplace

iggy

iggy igneous that's my name don't wear

it out

iggy you've just got to come back to the

concert no way no how no chance i've had

it with those two the bowling stones are

finished kaput

in the story

come on zeder let's go find maryland

metamorphic and sid sedimentary two

stones are better than none wait cool

i've got an idea

hey iggy could we leave you this zulu

phone you know just in case you change

your mind a dream it mate but sure why

not hey

hot looking phone what if i can get

cartoons on this thing

this mission may take longer than we

thought

i hope malto and the others are keeping

the audience busy don't worry i'm sure

they've got something rocks and rockets

pebbles of all ages we present tonight

for one night only

the rocking patrol

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the stripes in that canyon wall tell me

we're in sedimentary territory if it's

sedimentary rock then sit should be

around here someplace then let's do some

tests to make sure it's sedimentary rock

this rock is light and has layers it

looks and feels like it's made up of

tiny grains of sand

and it bubbled up when i put it in

vinegar definitely sedimentary rock if

this is not somewhere around here i'll

eat my field guide

there he is

dude and do that how'd you find me way

out here it was sedimentary my dear

sydney

sid every rock on zula is waiting for

the bowling stones to play

can't you just do one more concert sorry

but i've done my time hanging with those

two the bowling stones are history

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sid this is a zoolophone

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oh my straw

i'm not too bad in fact i'm pretty good

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i remember you said that metamorphic

rocks are often formed when mountains

are formed

you're absolutely right there are many

different tests for the many different

kinds of metamorphic rocks but if i'm

right wow what a nice rock look at all

those pieces it looks like this rock was

formed from pieces of other rocks that

got squeezed and cemented together that

tells me that we're surrounded by

metamorphic rock and if i'm right

there's marilyn let's go

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so you see if you don't come back with

us save our soil we'll be in terrible

trouble you know that sounds like a

great idea

oh but maybe it's a really bad idea

oh it's just so hard to make up my mind

i've been under so much pressure lately

and eat that's okay i have an idea

yeah who's calling

hello

iggy is that you

it's for you

sid

iggy look we wanted to try and get you

all to play just one last concert save

our soil is depending on you your fans

are depending on you i do it if marilyn

would stop acting like she's the best

rock there is oh me what about you mr i

put the fire in this band there you go

dude spoiling the vibe me yeah you

you're both wrong

it makes no sense for you to argue about

this because there's no such thing as a

better rock zeter's right don't you see

you're all part of the same stuff that

makes up our planet in fact sedimentary

and igneous can both become metamorphic

so you might even be related and what's

more

you are the bowling stones

it's the band you've been waiting long

for

the

bowling stones

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i'm a bowling stone and i'm quite well

know is who i am you know i'm

fire formed i gotta keep it warm now

listen for the

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and so for one night only the zulu

patrol became the rock and patrol

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welcome to the malto moment

zeta's knowledge of rock saved the

concert she knew that rocks are

classified into three groups according

to how they're formed

igneous rocks are formed when magma

escapes from beneath the earth's surface

and cools or when magma cools beneath

the earth's surface do you remember how

sedimentary rocks are formed out of

macaroni and glue

nope they're formed when clay silt sand

and pebbles settle to the bottom of a

river sea or ocean the third type of

rock is metamorphic metamorphic rock

starts out as igneous or sedimentary but

is changed by a lot of heat or a lot of

pressure under the earth and we can test

and observe how rocks look to figure out

what type they are and remember

rock's not just plain old rock or plain

old rock and roll

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space. It's one of the most interesting

workplaces around. Take the Zula Patrol.

Today, their job is to measure a volcano

that looks like it's erupting snow. Wow,

that's going to make a pretty big

snowman.

These volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io

sure are hot stuff. or in this case, hot

stuff that becomes cold stuff. These hot

sulfur eruptions cool off in space and

become almost like snow. Sulfur snow, of

course.

I never knew moons of other planets even

have volcanoes.

Oh my. Yes. A few of them have volcanoes

that erupt, like that one. Other moons

have volcanoes that no longer erupt.

And this one's very active.

Volcanoes really are awesome, Molto. But

what exactly is a volcano?

I'd be happy to show you in the

Moltoedia.

Volcanoes are hills or mountains that

form around a crack in the Earth's

surface or crust. This sometimes can

take a few weeks or it can take millions

of years.

Like the crust on a sandwich.

Exactly. Only in this case, the crust is

the top layer of a planet like Earth.

Oh, I get it. The crust is a solid rock

part where everybody lives.

That's right. But underneath the crust,

there's another layer of rock and

material that's been melted by heat.

Scientists call this material magma.

It looks like melted cheese,

but it's much hotter. So hot, in fact,

that the magma pushes the crust, the

land, apart, and the pressure from below

causes the magma to rise up through the

crack.

It looks like it's searching for the

weakest spot in the crust to pop out of.

It is. And when it finds the weakest

spot and comes out of the crack, it's

called an eruption.

As soon as the magma is on the outside

of the volcano, it gets a new name,

lava. When hot lava pours out of the

volcano like it's doing right now, the

volcano is called an active volcano.

When a volcano is not erupted for some

time, but shows signs that it could

erupt, we call that an inactive or

dormant volcano.

It's kind of like it's sleeping.

Yes, but the volcano could wake up at

any time and start pouring hot lava out.

then it would be called an active

volcano again.

There are also very old volcanoes that

haven't erupted in a very long time. We

call these types of volcanoes extinct.

Wow,

that's our volcano hotline. We'd better

go answer it fast.

It's VOP Zula Patrol. Thank goodness

you're there. I'm really worried about

my cousin Fielding

V. What's wrong?

He was supposed to have a tiny eruption,

but he didn't. I'm worried that if he

doesn't erupt soon, pressure could build

up inside him, and his small eruption

could turn into a really big one.

A major eruption could hurt the area

around him.

Can you help him?

This is a job for the Zula Patrol.

I'm sorry you had to make a special

trip. I'm sure it's nothing. Well, you

do look a little dormant. Inactive, that

is. But other than that, I can't find

anything wrong with you, Fielding. I'm

still concerned. He's supposed to be an

active volcano. Something's just not

right. I think I'd better go inside

Fielding and take a closer look.

Can we go with you? We want to see what

goes on inside a volcano.

Why don't we all go?

But it's going to be really, really hot

in there. We're going to need some

special protection.

I'm going to draw what we see when we're

inside fielding.

So, you're doing a field drawing of

fielding?

I'll draw one, too. That way, we'll have

a record of everything we see, and maybe

it will help us help fielding.

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Oh, a fat tickles.

This reminds me of an elevator shaft.

Yes, this is where the magma would flow

up if Fielding was erupting.

Oh my stars. Now, how are we going to

get under this rock where Fielding's

magma is?

No problem, Molto. I brought along your

portable particleizer just in case.

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Look, there's Fielding's magma.

Oh.

Oh,

also, it looks like the magma is getting

more active. What does that mean?

It means that Fielding might be getting

ready to erupt. Everybody out.

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See, I'm fine.

Fielding is active inside, but he isn't

erupting. Why not?

I don't know, but we've got to find out

what its problem is. And soon. The

rumbling we heard along with the active

bubbling magma are warning signs of a

major eruption. The longer Fielding goes

without erupting, the more powerful and

damaging his eruption could be to the

area around him.

I wonder maybe he isn't sick. Maybe he's

keeping himself from erupting.

Bula, volcanoes simply don't do that.

Well, how do we know?

Bula Fielding says he's fine.

Well, maybe he's just not ready to talk

about what's bothering him.

Maybe his neighbors know something.

Excuse me, madam. May we ask you a few

questions about your neighbor Fielding?

You know, I've been wondering what's

been going on with him.

All that rumbling and carrying on. And

you should see the smoke and dust coming

out of him. My word,

that's not good.

I may like to rock and roll, but when

those volcano dudes rock, they rock

everything around them. We don't need

that kind of party. Oh my, poor

Fielding.

We prefer things nice and quiet.

Yes, and that volcano's got anger

management issues that could cause some

real harm.

He's simply not our kind of volcano.

Oh dear.

Gee, none of Fielding's neighbors seem

to like him.

I know this sounds odd, but maybe

Fielding won't erupt because he's afraid

that if he does, his neighbors will like

him even less.

Bula has a point.

How do we get Fielding's neighbors to

like him?

Maybe we need to help Fielding like

himself first.

That's it. We'll help him remember how

great it is to be a volcano.

Me? Why do you want to know about me?

Well, uh, I've never been a volcano. And

I wondered what it must be like. I'll

bet it was a lot of fun growing up.

Oh, it was. It was. I remember it all

like it was just 60 million years ago.

Back when I was just a little hole

forming around a crack under the sea.

Ooh. Then when I was a teenager, it

seemed like all I did was grow.

I made some nice land.

I created soil that was good for plants

and trees to grow in. And animals came

to live around all those plants and

trees. I played a big part in giving

everyone in Volcano Valley a better

life. And then I entered my artistic

building phase. I made all kinds of

beautiful rocks and mountains. And I

wasn't the only talented volcano in my

family. On Earth, my aunt Tilly is an

extinct volcano, but she's really

enjoying her retirement as Oregon's

Crater Lake.

And Uncle Wilbat, a dormant volcano, is

now Mount Hood, the highest mountain in

Oregon. Then there's great Grandpa

Olympus. What a character. He became the

biggest inactive volcano on Mars.

Gee, volcanoes really have done a lot of

good things.

I wish I could erupt. Maybe I wouldn't

be so crabby all the time if I did. Gee,

Mom and Dad, you never told us we were

made from a volcano.

Uh, well, yeah, son. Mostly on your

mother's side.

Hurry.

Awesome. We're part volcano. How cool is

that?

Fielding rocks.

Zula patrol neighbors. I'm here to say

that I'm a volcano and that's okay. And

it's thanks to your help that I can

finally

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erupt.

That feels so much better. Well, it

looks like I was wrong. Fielding does

have feelings. So, I guess you could say

volcanoes are lavable.

Get it? Lava.

Oh, I get it. Lava because volcanoes

have lava. So, they're

lavable. Well, I thought it was funny.

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Hello there, science seekers. It's time

for our molto moment.

Can someone tell me what this is? A

mountain with the hiccups.

No way. It's a volcano. It's a mountain

or a hill formed around a crack in the

earth's crust. Not all mountains are

volcanoes, but the ones that are don't

hiccup. They erupt.

Do you know what the hot material inside

the volcano is called?

It would do.

Nope. Magma. And when it comes out, it

has a new name.

Surely.

No, it's called lava,

right? We used to call it that hot red

gooey stuff that comes out of a volcano,

but by the time we finished saying it,

it was too late to run.

Until next time, science seekers.

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