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Science
Learning Activity Sheets
Quarter 1: Week 1-4

JHS

DIVISION OF ANGELES CITY

QUARTER 1: WEEK 1-2
Plate Tectonics: Earthquake Epicenters, Active Volcanoes
Mountain and Mountain Ranges

Background Information
Plate tectonics is the theory that explains how the Earth's major landforms are
created. The Earth’s outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the
rocky inner layer above the core. The plates act like a hard and rigid shell compared to
Earth's mantle. This strong outer layer is called the lithosphere, which is 100 km (60 miles)
thick
The lithosphere includes the crust and outer part of the mantle. Below the lithosphere
is the asthenosphere, which is malleable or partially malleable, allowing the lithosphere to
move around. Due to the convection of the asthenosphere and lithosphere, the plates move
relative to each other at different rates, from two to 15 centimeters (one to six inches) per
year. The movement of tectonic plates is seen in different geological formations such as the
Himalaya Mountain range in Asia, the East African Rift, and the San Andreas Fault in
California, United States.
The earthquake epicenters are not found at only some specific place, but they are
found everywhere where there's a border between two or more tectonic plates, it doesn't
matter if they collide, move away from each other, subduct, the earthquakes will be there.
The major mountain belts are found on places where tectonic plates of pretty much the
same density collide, so instead of some of them go and be subducted, they push against
each other and lift the area up.
Looking at the positions of most if not all volcanoes, earthquakes, and major
mountain belts, they are distributed mainly around the tectonic plate boundaries.
This is because the boundaries push further away, move closer together, and slide
against each other (convergent, divergent, transform), thus creating either mountains,
volcanoes, or earthquakes.
Most of the active volcanoes nowadays are found at the so-called ''Ring of Fire''
which is practically the border of the Pacific Tectonic Plate.
The theory, which solidified in the 1960s, transformed the earth sciences by
explaining many phenomena, including mountain building events, volcanoes, and
earthquakes. At present, studies have shown that the Earth surface is in a constant state of
change. The rising and eroding of mountains, expanding, and shrinking of the oceans,
erupting of volcanoes, and striking of earthquakes are observed and measured.

Learning Competency:
Describe and relate the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters,
and major mountain belts to Plate Tectonic Theory. S9ES-Ia-j-36.1

Activity 1: FIND THE CENTER

A. Direction: Locate hypothetically the epicenter of an earthquake from the given data
using the triangulation method.

Using the formula:

d =Td / 8secs x 100km

where: d=distance (km)

Td=time difference of P-wave and S-wave (sec)
 Recording Station Time difference (seconds) Distance (km)

Batangas 44.8

Puerto Princesa 32

Davao 38.4

B. Using a Philippine Map, set your scale to 1.5cm:200km, set the drawing
compass to the following distances on the map. (Formula: cd=1.5/200X d;
where: d=distance and cd=computed distance)

Recording Station Distance (km) Computed Distance (map)

Batangas 1.5/200Xd

Puerto Princesa 1.5/200Xd

Davao 1.5/200Xd

Guide Questions:
1. Where is the hypothetical epicenter of the earthquake?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2. What difficulty will you encounter if you only have data from two recording
stations?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
3. Give the importance of determining the epicenter of an earthquake.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Activity 2: WORLD PLATES

Directions: Identify and name the major tectonic plates in the given map.

Photo Source:
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I. Fill Me In!
Primary Plate Secondary Plate

Guide Question:
What have you noticed on the different tectonic plates?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

Activity 3: RING OF FIRE

There are more than 1,500 active volcanoes in the world. An active volcano is one
that has erupted at least once in the past 10,000 years and is likely to erupt again. Because
most of the Earth’s volcanoes are hidden under the oceans, people have not been able to
witness their eruptions. Every year, about 50-60 volcanoes erupt on land where people might
be able to see them. Scientists estimate that there are about 200 volcanic eruptions under
the oceans. The shaded area on your map is called the "Ring of Fire." Do the exercise below
and you will discover why.

Directions: Locate and label each of the volcanoes listed on the blank map. Use a
different colored marker for stratovolcano, shield, and cinder cone volcanoes.

List of Active or Recently Active Volcanoes

Name Type Last Erupted

1 Erebus Stratovolcano 1980

2 Katmai Stratovolcano 1912

3 Kilauea Shield 1995

4 Krakatau Stratovolcano 1894

5 Mt. Fuji Stratovolcano 1709

6 Mount St. Helens Stratovolcano 1991

7 Nevada del Ruiz Stratovolcano 1991

8 Ol Doinyo Lengai Stratovolcano 1993

9 Paricutin Cinder cone 1952

10 Pinatubo Stratovolcano 1992

 Photo Source: https://pubs.usgs.gov

Guide Question:

1. Where are most volcanoes located? What can you say about its location?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Activity 4: LET’S BELT IT ON!

Directions: Locate Mountains, Mountain ranges, Volcanoes in the Philippines using the
Philippine Map and identify how they help in shaping the Earth.

Photo Source: https://www.mapsofworld.com

I. Complete Me!
Mountain Mountain Ranges/Ridges Volcano

Guide Questions:
1. How are these landforms related to plate tectonics?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
2. Why are mountaineers/travelers are fascinated by the beauty of the mountains?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
QUARTER 1: WEEK 3-4
Plate Tectonics: Plate Boundaries
Background Information
The landscapes of our national parks, as well as geologic hazards such as
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, are due to the movement of the large plates of Earth’s
outer shell. Studying plate boundaries is important because along these boundaries
deformation of the lithosphere is happening. These geologic events have a great impact not
only on the environment but also on us.
Earth’s lithosphere consists of layers, the crust, and the upper part of the mantle.
The crust is made of a variety of solid rocks like sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. It
has an average density of 2.8 g/cm3 and its thickness ranges from 5 to 50 km. The crust is
thickest in a part where a relatively young mountain is present and thinnest along the ocean
floor.
There are two kinds of crust: the thicker but less dense continental crust and the
oceanic crust which is relatively thinner but denser than continental crust.
Differences Between the Oceanic and Continental plates
Oceanic plates are formed at divergent boundaries mainly at mid ocean ridges. The material
that is poured out is basaltic lava in nature. Basalt is denser and heavier than the granite that
makes up continental plates.
Oceanic plates are much thinner than the continental plates. When an oceanic plate
meets a continental plate at a convergent boundary the oceanic plate is forced under the
continental plate and destroyed. The convergent boundaries between ocean and continental
plates create subduction zones. The oceanic plate is pushed under the continental plate and
melted. This melted material becomes magma that may reach the surface as volcanoes or
solidify under the surface as granite.
Continental plates are much thicker than Oceanic plates. At the convergent
boundaries the continental plates are pushed upward and gain
thickness. The rocks and geological layers are much older on continental plates than in the
oceanic plates. The Continental plates are much less dense than the Oceanic plates. The
Granite and recycled material are much lighter than the heavy basalt layers of the ocean
plates.
THREE TYPES OF TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARIES:
1. DIVERGENT BOUNDARY is a region where the
crustal plates are moving apart, creating a zone of
tension. The space created can also fill with new
crustal material sourced from molten magma that
forms below. Divergent boundaries can form
within continents but will eventually open and
become ocean basins. Divergent boundaries
within continents initially produce rifts, which
produce rift valleys. The most active divergent Photo source:
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2. CONVERGENT BOUNDARY is a boundary in

which two plates move toward each other,
causing one of the slabs of the lithosphere to
subduct beneath an overriding plate.
Subduction zones occur when one or both
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 eventually melted and destroyed. Island arcs and oceanic trenches occur when both
plates are made of oceanic crust. Where continental crust meets continental crust, both
continental crusts are too light to subduct, so a continent-continent collision occurs,
creating especially large mountain ranges. The most spectacular example of this is the
Himalayas Mountains.

TYPES OF CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES

Oceanic-Continental Collision
When continental and oceanic plates collide the thinner and more dense oceanic
plate is overridden by the thicker and less dense continental plate. The oceanic plate is
forced down into the mantle in a process known as subduction. As the oceanic plate
descends it is forced into higher temperature environments. At a depth of about 100 miles
(160 km) materials in the subducting plate begin to approach their melting temperatures and
a process of partial melting begins.
This partial melting produces magma chambers above the subducting oceanic plate.
These magma chambers are less dense than the surrounding mantle materials and are
buoyant. The buoyant magma chambers begin a slow ascent through the overlying
materials, melting and fracturing their way upwards. The size and depth of these magma
chambers can be determined by mapping the earthquake activity around them. If a magma
chamber rises to the surface without solidifying, the magma will break through in the form of
a volcanic eruption.
The Washington-Oregon coastline of the United States is an example of this type of
convergent plate boundary. Here the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate is subducting beneath the
westward moving North American continental plate. The Cascade Mountain Range is a line
of volcanoes above the melting oceanic plate. The Andes Mountain Range of western South
America is another example of a convergent boundary between an oceanic and continental
plate. Here the Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American plate.
Effects of a convergent boundary between an oceanic and continental plate include:
a zone of earthquake activity that is shallow along the continent margin but deepens
beneath the continent, sometimes an ocean trench forms immediately offshore of the
continent, a line of volcanic eruptions a few hundred miles inland from the shoreline,
destruction of oceanic lithosphere.

Oceanic-Oceanic Collision
When a convergent boundary occurs between two oceanic plates one of those plates
will subduct beneath the other. Normally the older plate will subduct because of its higher
density. The subducting plate is heated as it is forced deeper into the mantle and at a depth
of about 100 miles (150 km) the plate begins to melt. Magma chambers are produced
because of this melting and the magma is lower in density than the surrounding rock
material. It begins ascending by melting and fracturing its way through the overlying rock
material. Magma chambers that reach the surface break through to form a volcanic eruption
cone. In the early stages of this type of boundary the cones will be deep beneath the ocean
surface but later grow to be higher than sea level. This produces an island chain. With
continued development the islands grow larger, merge and an elongate landmass is created.
Japan, the Aleutian Islands and the Eastern Caribbean islands of Martinique, St.
Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are examples of islands formed through this type
of plate boundary. Effects that are found at this type of plate boundary include: a zone of
progressively deeper earthquakes, an oceanic trench, a chain of volcanic islands, and the
destruction of oceanic lithosphere.
Continental-Continental Collision
This is a difficult boundary to draw. First it is complex and second, it is poorly
understood when compared to the other types of plate boundaries. In this type of convergent
boundary, a powerful collision occurs. The two thick continental plates collide and both of
them have a density that is much lower than the mantle, which prevents subduction (there
may be a small amount of subduction or the heavier lithosphere below the continental crust
might break free from the crust and subduct).
Continent-continent convergence creates some of the world’s largest mountains
ranges. Magma cannot penetrate this thick crust, so there are no volcanoes, although the
magma stays in the crust. Metamorphic rocks are common because of the stress the
continental crust experiences. With enormous slabs of crust smashing together, continent-
continent collisions bring on numerous and large earthquakes.
The Himalaya Mountain Range is the best active example of this type of plate
boundary. The Appalachian Mountain Range is an ancient example of this collision type.
Effects found at a convergent boundary between continental plates include intense folding
and faulting, a broad folded mountain range, shallow earthquake activity, shortening and
thickening of the plates within the collision zone. Metamorphic rocks are common because
of the stress the continental crust experiences.
The Philippine Sea Plate or the Philippine Plate is a tectonic plate comprising
oceanic lithosphere that lies beneath the Philippine Sea, to the east of the Philippines. Most
segments of the Philippines, including Northern Luzon, are part of the Philippine Mobile Belt,
which is geologically and tectonically separate from the Philippine Sea Plate.

Queano, Karlo L, Jason R. Ali, John

Milsom, Jonathan c. Aichtison, and
Manuel Pubellier, “North Luzon and
the Philippine Sea Plate motion
model: Insights following
paleomagnetic, structural, and age‐
dating investigations”, AGU
Advancing Earth and Space Science,
Accessed July 27, 2020

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3. TRANSFORM FAULT BOUNDARY is a

boundary produced when two plates slide past
each other. At transform boundaries
lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed.
Many transform boundaries are found on the
seafloor, where they connect segments of
diverging mid-ocean ridges. California's San
Andreas fault is a transform boundary.
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Learning Competency:
Describe the different types of plate boundaries. S10ES-la-j-36.2

Activity 1: Biscuits Plate Boundaries Demonstration

Amateur geologists can simulate how plates move on the Earth’s surface. The term
tectonics originates from the Greek word “tektõn,” referring to a builder or architect. Plate
tectonics suggests that large features on Earth’s surface, such as continents, ocean basins,
and mountain ranges, result from interactions along the edges of large plates of Earth’s outer
shell. This outer shell is called the lithosphere from the Greek “lithos,” meaning hard rock.
The plates, composed of Earth’s crust and uppermost mantle, ride on a warmer, softer layer
of the mantle, called the asthenosphere.
In our experiment, the upper part of the biscuit will represent the lithosphere, the
creamy filling the asthenosphere, and the lower portion the mesosphere.
Part A: Label My Biscuit
Direction: Label the picture below as the representation of earth’s layers.

Activity 2: Plates on the Move

Direction: Identify the different types of plate boundaries and write their description using
the reference pictures.

Plate Boundaries Types Description

1.

2.

3.

Activity 3: When We Collide!

Directions: Study the figure below showing a cross section diagram of plates that are
converging and answer the guide questions that follows.
Part I. Converging Oceanic and Continental Plate

Guide Questions
1. What type of plate is Plate A?
2. What about Plate B?
3. Why do you say so?
4. How are ocean trenches formed?
5. Subduction is sometimes called crustal recycling. Why do you think this is the case?
6. What happens if magma is too viscous to rise through the crust to erupt at the surface?

Part II. Converging of Two Oceanic Plates

Directions: Using the figure below label the geological events that will arise in.

Guide Question:
1. If the edge of Plate A suddenly flicks upward, a large amount of water may be displaced.
What could be formed at the surface of the ocean? And what would its effect be on the
environment?
Part III. Two Continental Plates Converging
Directions: Study the figure below and answer the given questions:

1. What happens when two continental plates converge?

2. What causes mountain ranges to rise in this type of plate boundary?
3. What is the result of this convergence?
4. Why are there earthquakes but not volcanoes in this type of plate boundary?
5. Why is it dangerous to live near a convergent boundary?

Activity 4: Plan for Disasters

Directions: Our country is susceptible to different disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, and tsunamis. Therefore, it is a must for us to prepare and ensure our safety and
survival when these disasters strike. For this activity, your goal is to help your family prepare
for an impending emergency.

Task: Prepare an emergency kit for the whole family.

Student Checklist: Put a check (/) below in assessing your emergency kit.
1 pt 2 pts 3 pts 4 pts

Survival Kit
Items

Labels and
Uses

Neatness and
Effort exerted

Scoring Rubric :
1 pt 2 pts 3 pts 4 pts

Survival Kit None of the items A few of the At least 8 items At least 10 items
Items are necessary for items are clearly are clearly are clearly
survival during or necessary for necessary for necessary for
after a disaster. survival during survival during or survival during or
or after a after a disaster. after a disaster.
disaster.

Labels and None of the items A few of the items At least 8 of the At least 10 items
Uses are labeled are labeled items are labeled are labeled
properly and there properly and a properly and a properly and a
is no reason for reason for each reason for each reason for
including it in the item is included item is included each item is stated
survival kit. on a separate on a separate on a separate
sheet of paper. sheet of paper. sheet of paper.

Reflection
Directions: Answer one of the questions below.

1. What is the significance of the movement of the plates to the structure of the earth?
2. How do plate boundaries affect humans?
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Answer Key (Quarter 1)
Week 1-2
Activity 1: FIND THE CENTER
A.
B.
Guide Questions:
1. The three circles drawn on the map intersects in Cebu City; it is where the hypothetical epicenter is.
2. If the two circles will intersect, it will have two points. Therefore, there will be two locations that could possibly be the
epicenter.
3. Answers may vary.
Activity 2: WORLD PLATES Guide Question:
7 Primary Plates The plates fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
Eurasian Plate
Australian Plate
Pacific Plate
North American Plate Activity 3: Ring of Fire
South American Plate Guide Question:
African Plate, Most the volcanoes are located within the Pacific Ring Fire and located along the
earthquake epicenters.
Antarctic Plate
Activity 4: LET’S BELT IT ON!
8 Secondary Plates Mountain Mountain ranges/Ridges Volcano
Juan de Fuca Plate Mt. Pulag Sierra Madre Mountain Ranges Tall
Volcano
Nazca Plate Mt. Apo Cordillera Central Mt.
Pinatubo
Cocos Plate Mt. Dulanga-Dulang Zambales Mountains Mt. Mayon
Caribbean Plate Mt. Kabuyao Katalungan Mountain Ranges Mt. Hibok-
hibok
Philippine Plate Mt. Halcon Tagatay Ridge Mt.
Kanlaon
Arabian Plate
Indian Plate
Scotia Plate
I.
Guide Questions:
1. Volcanoes and ridges are landforms that are created by the movement of tectonic plates. Some volcanoes are formed
when the plates pull apart under the ocean. A crack in Earth’s crust forms. Magma rises through the crack, forming ridges.
Other volcanoes are created when a tectonic plate slides under another. As the bottom plate is heated up by the Earth's
hot mantle, a material called magma forms. It rises. Over time magma erupts through the plates. Many such volcanoes are
found on "the Pacific Ring of Fire."
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 TWG-G10 Science
LARRY MAR B. BAUTISTA
Re-evaluated and Lay-out by:
Writer Writer
ROSANA C. TORRES JENNIFER M. PRAZA
Writer Writer
ROMINA C. QUILLA RAY JASON C. SANGUYU
Prepared by:
Quarter 1
Week 3-4
Activity 1: Biscuits Plate Boundaries Demonstratio
Activity 2: Plates on the Move
Activity 3: When We Collide!
I.1. Plate A is Oceanic plate it is thinner, Plate B Continental plate it has a thicker structure,
2. Trenches are formed by subduction, a geophysical process in which two or more of Earth's tectonic plates converge and the older, denser plate is
pushed beneath the lighter plate and deep into the mantle, causing the seafloor and outermost crust (the lithosphere) to bend and form a steep, V-
shaped depression
3. Crustal recycling is a tectonic process by which surface material from the lithosphere is recycled into the mantle by subd uction erosion or
delamination. Identification of this crustal signature in mantle-derived rocks (such as mid ocean ridge basalts or kimberlites) is proof of crustal
recycling.
4. Thick, viscous felsic magma can trap gas bubbles in a volcano's magma chamber. These trapped bubbles can cause explosive and destructive
eruptions.
5. When two continental plates collide, the Mountains formed.
6. If we choose to live near convergent plate boundaries, we can build buildings that can resist earthquakes, and we can evac uate areas around
volcanoes when they threaten to erupt. Yes, convergent boundaries are dangerous places to live, but with preparation and watchfulness, the danger
can be lessened.
7. Convergent boundaries are more dangerous than divergent and transform fault boundaries due to the threat of a major earthquake, an explosive
volcanic eruption, tsunamis, or a mountain landslide.
II.
Guide Question
1. If the edge of the plate A suddenly flicks upward, a tsunami will form on the surface of the ocean. Tsunamis occur in conv ergent oceanic to oceanic
plate since this plate is situated under the ocean. Tsunamis can decimate ecosystems on land and in the s ea. On land, animals are killed, plants
uprooted, and nearby communities are destroyed.
III.
1. Continental plates are too buoyant to subduct. continental material goes up when it collides with each other, It creates s ome of the world’s largest
mountains ranges.
2. If the two plates that meet at a convergent plate boundary both consist of continental crust, they will smash together and push upwards.
3. This Convergence will create mountains.
4. The activity at continent-continent convergences does not take place in the mantle, so there is no melting and magma cannot penetrate in thick crust
and therefore no volcanism.
5. Some of the most destructive natural hazards that occur on Earth— earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions—are associated with tectonic
plate boundaries.
Activity 4: Plan for Disasters
Answers May Vary
Reflection:
Answers May Vary