SCIENCE 10 II.

Learning Skills from the MELCs

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET 2 Content Standard Most Essential Learning Competencies K to 12 CG Code
Name of Student: ________________________________________________ Section: ____________________ The learners demonstrate understanding 1. describe the different types of plate boundaries and S10 -Ia -j-36.2
of the relationship among the locations of 2. identify the places/plates that lie on the different
Reference Module: Quarter 1 - Module 2: Plate Boundaries
volcanoes, earthquake epicenters, and types of boundaries.
mountain ranges
I. Introductory Concept
-Plates are moving very slowly but constantly. The movement of the plate is called Tectonic. III. Activities
-Plate boundaries are the lines at the edges of the different pieces of the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates are moving What’s In: Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle
due to the convection current in the Earth’s interior. The lithosphere is made up of the crust and upper part of the Directions: Below is an activity for you to recall what you have learned in module
mantle. There are two types of crusts: the continental crust which is thicker but less dense, and the oceanic crust, which
is thinner and denser. Down:
-According to the Plate Tectonic Theory, the Earth’s lithosphere consists of the crust and upper mantle that move
slowly and constantly over time. This movement causes the formation of plate boundaries namely: divergent, 1. The break in a rock along which
convergent, and transform fault boundaries. movement have occurred Puzzle
(a) Divergent boundaries refer to plates that separate and move apart in opposite directions forming new 2. Earth crust that is thinner but denser
3. Mt. Pinatubo
lithosphere - the young seafloor. This either occurs at mid-ocean ridges (seafloor spreading) or at rifted
6. Molten rocks
continental margins (rift valley).
8. The innermost layer of the earth
-formed when two tectonic plates move apart from each other creating tension. Molten rocks called
magma to rise from the Earth’s mantle to the surface. The Earth’s surface is cool enough to solidify the Across:
magma that rose, thus, creating new oceanic crust or seafloor. A divergent boundary is also known as a
constructive boundary. The mid-ocean ridge is formed by the divergence between oceanic plates while 4. The outermost rigid layer of the
continental rift valley is formed between continental plates. Rift valley can also be found at the bottom earth consists of the crust and upper
of the ocean where seafloor spreading occurs. Both the formation of mid-ocean ridge and rift valley mantle
had the occurrence of an earthquake. Examples are boundaries between South American plate and 5. Borderline
African plate, Pacific Plate and Nazca Plate, and North American Plate and Eurasian Plate. 7. Movement of the lithospheric plate
(b) Convergent boundaries are formed when two plates move toward each other. The oceanic plate bends 9. The vibration of the Earth due to the
release of tremendous energy
downward at the subduction zone. This occurs in two oceanic plates: convergent boundary and continental
plate oceanic plate convergent boundary. Oceanic plate sinks because it is denser than the continental
plate. In the case of convergence of two oceanic plates, the older plate sinks. Whereas in the
What I Have Learned
convergence of two continental plates, they collide and buckle up forming mountain ranges. No
Directions: Summarize what you have learned from the lesson and activities by completing the sentences using the
subduction occurs in this type of convergence.
words from the box. You can only use each word once. Use a separate sheet of paper for your answers.
-This boundary has three types: Oceanic Continental plate boundary, Two Oceanic plate boundary, and
Two Continental plate boundary. In Oceanic-Continental plate boundary and two oceanic plate continental theory geologic divergent
boundary, the oceanic plate bends down into the mantle through the process called subduction. The lithosphere plates subduction convection current
slowly denser toward two continental plates
leading edge of the subducted plate melts in the mantle and magma rises forming a continental volcanic
two oceanic plates oceanic plates continental plate transform fault
arc in oceanic-continental plate boundary, which is parallel to the trench that is formed due to subduction
while in two oceanic plate boundary, island volcanic arc is formed parallel to the trench. An earthquake (1) ____________________ is made of earth’s crust and upper mantle. It is subdivided into portions called (2)
occurs at this boundary. Since the oceanic plate is destroyed at the convergent boundary, this boundary ____________________ that move above the mantle. The two kinds of crust are (3) ____________________ crust,
is also called a destructive boundary. Examples are boundaries between the Eurasian plate and the which is thicker but less dense, and oceanic crust, which is thinner but (4) ____________________. A (5)
Philippine plate, Nazca Plate and South American Plate, and Pacific Plate and Australian Plate. With ____________________ that the Earth’s crust is made up of plates moving (6) ____________________ and interact
two continental plates converging, a tension zone is formed. Both plates collide and buckle up causing in various ways is Plate Tectonics. The interaction of the plates produces earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes, and
mountain ranges such as the Himalayas mountain ranges. There is no subduction, no trench, and no other (7) ____________________ features. (8) ____________________ from the Earth’s interior makes the plates
volcanoes formed in this type of convergent boundary. move above the mantle. This movement causes the formation of three types of plate boundaries which are (9)
(c) Transform fault boundaries is formed when two plates are sliding past each other. It is also called the ____________________ boundary, two plates sliding each other; (10) ____________________ boundary, two
Strike-slip fault. Rocks that line the boundary split into pieces as the plates slip at each other. A crack is plates moving away from each other and convergent boundary which plates are moving (11)
then formed creating an undersea canyon or linear fault valley. San Andreas Fault is an example of this. ____________________ each other. Three types of convergent boundaries are (12) ____________________
convergent boundary which forms volcanic island arc, (13) ____________________ convergent boundary forming
a continental volcanic arc, and (14) ____________________ convergent boundary wherein there is no (15)
____________________.
 ___15. The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.
Assessment A. East Pacific Rise C. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Directions: Read carefully each item. Write only the letter of the best answer for each test item. B. San Andreas Fault D. Himalayas
___1. Convection current causes the lithospheric plate to ________________. Additional Activity: “Find Me”
A. move slowly but constantly C. move faster Directions: Answer the given questions below. Then find your answers in the Word Search on the next page.
B. move in any direction D. create another plate

___2. The youngest part of the ocean floor is found at the ___________.
A. convergent boundary C. transform-fault 1. Philippine islands were originated from
B. divergent boundary D. hot spot ______________boundary.

___3. What type of plate boundary occurs between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate? 2. What type of plate boundary occurs between the Eurasian
A. convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary C. convergent continental-continental plate boundary plate and the North American plate?
B. convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary D. transform boundary
3. Movement of the plate boundary causes shaking of the
___4. The crust and upper mantle make up the Earth’s ____________. Earth’s surface called ___________________.
A. lithosphere B. asthenosphere C. core D. continents
4. It is consists of Earth’s crust and upper mantle.
___5. The result of plate movement can be seen at _________.
5. What geologic feature is formed between the diverging
A. abyssal plains B. plate boundaries C. plate centers D. ocean margin
oceanic plates?
___6. The theory that suggests that plates are slowly moving is called ___________.
6. It is a transform fault boundary between the Pacific plate
A. Magnetic Reversal B. Plate Tectonic C. Continental Slope D. Continental Drift and North American plate which extends through California.

___7. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries. 7. It is the process wherein the leading edge of one plate
A. convergent B. stable C. divergent D. transform plate bends downward into the mantle beneath the other plate.

___8. Plates slipping past each other at ________________. 8. What type of plate boundary is formed between two plates
A. subduction zone B. convection current C. divergent boundary D. transform boundary sliding past each other?

___9. The boundary between two plates moving together is called a __________. 9. Other terms for molten rocks.
A. divergent boundary B. transform boundary C. lithosphere D. convergent boundary
10. Convergent boundary is formed between Caribbean plate
___10. Based on the current position of the continents, South America is moving away from Africa in what and ______plate.
direction?
A. West B. East C. North D. South
Reflection
___11. At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.
A. new crust is created C. the crust separates
B. the older crust is melted by subduction D. plates side past one another I learned that ________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
___12. The East African Rift is an example of a _____________. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
A. mid-ocean ridge C. divergent boundary ____________________________________________________________________________________________
B. convergent boundary D. transform boundary

___13. The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.
A. divergent boundary B. convergent boundary C. hot spot D. transform boundary _____________________________
PARENTS’ NAME AND SIGNATURE
___14. Philippine plate moves toward ___________.
A. Australian plate B. Mountain ranges C. Trenches D. Eurasian plate