2 I'm a Volcano

I'm a Volcano!

我是火山！

Hi. I'm Volcano. I may be quiet for now, but big things are happening beneath me.

嗨。我是火山。我现在可能很安静，但我下面正在发生大事。

Earth is made of layers of rock. It gets hotter the deeper you go. Crust: where you walk and swim. It's also where you'll find me! Mantle: the middle part of the Earth. It is solid but gets hotter and squishier the deeper you go. Core: the center of Earth. The outer core is so hot it has melted (but this is not where lava comes from). The inner core is even hotter but is solid because of all the pressure from the layers above it. Lithosphere: a solid and hard layer formed where the crust sticks to the upper mantle. Asthenosphere: a hot, squishy, playdough-like layer. THIS is where lava comes from. crust mantle core Me! Lithosphere asthenosphere outer core inner core

地球是由岩层构成的。 越往下越热。 地壳：你散步和游泳的地方。 你也可以在那里找到我！地幔：地球的中间部分。 它是固体的，但越往下越热越湿。 地核：地球的中心。 外核非常热，已经融化（但这不是熔岩的来源）。 内核甚至更热，但由于它上面的所有层的压力，它是固体的。 岩石圈：地壳附着在上地幔上形成的坚硬的地层。 软流层：一种热的、黏糊糊的、像橡皮泥一样的层。 这就是熔岩的来源。 地壳地幔核我！岩石圈，软流圈，外核，内核

You can't tell by looking at it, the lithosphere is broken! The pieces are called plates. They look as if they fit together like puzzle pieces, but they won't stay together because they are in motion. The pieces drift-sometimes closer to each other, sometimes farther apart. I am on a land plate. My plate is drifting toward an ocean plate. EURASIAN PLATE PHILIPPINE PLATE AUSTRALIAN PLATE ANTARCTIC PLATE JUAN DE FUCA PLATE Here I am! NORTH AMERICAN PLATE COCOS PLATE EASTER PLATE NAZCA PLATE JUAN FERNANDEZ PLATE PACIFIC PLATE ANTARCTIC PLATE CARIBBEAN PLATE SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE SCOTIA PLATE EURASIAN PLATE ARABIAN PLATE AFRICAN PLATE INDIAN PLATE AUSTRALIAN PLATE ANTARCTIC PLATE

你看不出来，岩石圈破裂了！这些碎片被称为盘子。 它们看起来就像拼图一样拼在一起，但它们不会保持在一起，因为它们是在运动的。 碎片漂移——有时彼此靠得更近，有时离得更远。 我在陆地板块上。我的板块正在向海洋板块漂移。 欧亚板块菲律宾板块澳大利亚板块南极板块胡安·德·富卡板块我在这里！北美板块科科斯板块复活节板块纳斯卡板块胡安费尔南德斯板块太平洋板块南极板块加勒比板块南美板块斯科舍板块欧亚板块阿拉伯板块非洲板块印度板块澳大利亚板块南极板块

Bump. The ocean plate slips beneath my plate into the squishy, hot asthenosphere. The ocean plate is wet from all that—you guessed it—ocean water. When the asthenosphere heats up, the ocean plate "sweats" out its water. Water is a melter helper! It helps to melt the asthenosphere. Voilà! Or should I say "voi-lava"? Hot tip: magma is melted rock below ground. Once it reaches the surface, it is called lava. ocean lithosphere Hi there! lithosphere ocean asthenosphere asthenosphere

肿块。海洋板块从我的板块下面滑进又软又热的软流层。 海洋板块是湿的——你猜对了——海水。 当软流层升温时，海洋板块会“流汗”出水。 水是融化的帮手！它有助于融化软流层。 瞧!或者我应该说“熔岩”？ 热点提示：岩浆是地下融化的岩石。 一旦到达地表，它就被称为熔岩。 海洋岩石圈大家好！岩石圈海洋软流圈软流圈

The magma rises. It collects in a magma chamber. All magma contains gas bubbles. The thicker the magma, the harder it is for the bubbles to escape. My magma is thinnick. The bubbles grow and grow and grow. I'm like a shaken soda, ready to... It's getting crowded in here!

岩浆上升。它聚集在岩浆房中。 所有的岩浆都含有气泡。 岩浆越厚，气泡就越难逃逸。 我的岩浆很稀薄。泡泡越来越大，越来越大。 我就像摇过的苏打水，随时准备… 这里越来越拥挤了！