Vocabulary
The process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion.
由于板块运动，一个地区的所有岩层都被推高的过程。
What is uplift?
什么是提升？
Sedimentary rocks are made from this material.
沉积岩是由这种材料制成的。
What is sediment?
什么是沉积物？
This type of rock is formed from sediments that were compacted and cemented together.
这种类型的岩石是由压实并胶结在一起的沉积物形成的。
What is sedimentary rock?
什么是沉积岩？
Rocks can form in __________ ways. This causes them to be ___________ types.
岩石可以以__________方式形成。这导致它们成为 ____________ 类型。
What is different?
有什么不同吗？
We learned that rocks from the _____________ formed first.
我们了解到，来自 ______________ 的岩石首先形成。
What is the Rocky Mountains?
什么是落基山脉？
A region of rock that formed together as a single rock type.
作为单一岩石类型一起形成的岩石区域。
What is a rock formation?
什么是岩层？
Igneous rocks are made from this material.
火成岩是由这种材料制成的。
What is magma?
什么是岩浆？
This type of rock is formed from magma cooling.
这种岩石是由岩浆冷却形成的。
What is igneous rock?
什么是火成岩？
___________ gets transformed by energy, but the same ____________ is still present.
____________ 被能量转化，但同样的 ____________ 仍然存在。
What is matter?
什么是物质？
This was the first step in the process that led to the rock in the Great Plains being made from rock in the Rocky Mountains.
这是导致大平原的岩石由落基山脉的岩石制成的过程的第一步。
What is rock melting in Earth's mantle to form magma?
什么是岩石在地幔中融化形成岩浆？
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
任何有质量并占据空间的东西。
What is matter?
什么是物质？
Sedimentary rocks are made from this process.
沉积岩就是由这个过程制成的
What is compacting and cementing?
什么是压实和固井？
This type of rock is formed in the mantle when existing rock is subjected to extreme heat and pressure.
当现有的岩石受到极端的高温和压力时，这种类型的岩石就会在地幔中形成。
What is metamorphic rock?
什么是变质岩？
_____________ moves rock formations.
______________ 移动岩层。
What is plate motion?
什么是板块运动？
This tectonic plate is uplifted causing the Rocky Mountains to form.
该构造板块隆起导致落基山脉形成。
What is the North American plate?
什么是北美板块？
The ability to make things move or change.
使事物移动或改变的能力。
What is energy?
什么是能量？
Igneous rocks are formed by this process.
火成岩就是在这个过程中形成的。
What is cooling?
什么是冷却？
The type of energy required to weather rocks.
风化岩石所需的能量类型。
What is energy from the Sun?
什么是来自太阳的能量？
Any type of _______ can transform into any type of _______ because of ______________________.
由于________________________，任何类型的_______都可以转化为任何类型的_______。
What are rock and plate motion?
什么是岩石运动和板块运动？
This plate was subducted, causing the Rocky Mountains to form.
该板块俯冲，导致落基山脉形成。
What is the Pacific Plate?
什么是太平洋板块？
The process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion.
由于板块运动，岩石物质在地球外层下移动并进入地幔的过程。
What is subduction?
什么是俯冲？
Metamorphic rocks are formed from this material and process.
变质岩是由这种材料和过程形成的。
What is existing rock under extreme heat and pressure?
在极端高温和高压下存在的岩石是什么？
The type of energy required to melt rocks and move tectonic plates.
熔化岩石和移动构造板块所需的能量类型。
What is energy from Earth's interior?
什么是地球内部的能量？
__________ and ___________ can expose rock formations to different energy sources, which can transform them.
__________ 和 ___________ 可以使岩层暴露于不同的能源，从而改变它们。
What is uplift and subduction?
什么是隆起和俯冲？
This process carried the sediments from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains.
这个过程将沉积物从落基山脉带到大平原。
What is erosion?
什么是侵蚀？