2015年5月31日日曜日

English Reading, 中・高生向け補助教材、The basic words of geology

Answer the following questions in English using any resource including the material provided in class if necessary. Write the answer in the space below the question or fill in the brackets.

1.    Name three main classes of rock.
(                                    ) : rocks that form when mud and sand carried down mainly by water become solid.
(                                    ) : rocks that are the products of volcanic activities.
(                                    ) : rocks that are formed when already existing rocks are exposed to powerful changes of the environment of the underground such as high temperature or high pressure.

2.    What is the phenomenon that rocks wear out and become smaller or change shape because of the power of the environment?


3.    What is the phenomenon that rocks break down smaller and smaller into pieces in natural process?


4.    (                 ) is a process of the phenomenon of Question 3 in which rocks break down through chemical changes in the minerals in them, from which fertile soil results.
(                 ) is a process of the phenomenon of Question 3 in which rocks are physically broken down into pieces, the result of which is seen in the desert.

5.    What are the singular and the plural forms of the name of the layers of the sediments?


6.    What is the coarse-grained, light-colored rock mainly composed of silica?


7.    What is the fine-grained dark rock made from mud consisting mainly of clay mineral flakes?


8.    What is the rock consisting of calcium carbonate?


9.    What is metamorphosed rock consisting of calcium carbonate which is crystalline?


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