Lesson 2.1 to 2.

10 Performance
Tasks
Answer the following activities. Write your answer in short bond paper.
DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CLASSMATES to photocopy your answers.
PHOTOCOPIED ANSWER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. COPY THE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER SUBSTANTIALLY.

1. Research on the different kinds of minerals found in common

products (e.g. lipstick, glass) that you use every day.

2. Is there a possibility for the physical characteristics of rock

minerals to change over time? Explain your answer.

3. How do rocks undergo weathering?

4. Our country is a pathway of typhoons because of our location in

the globe. The government always warns us, especially those who
reside near the slopes or low-lying areas, to evacuate immediately
when this happens. Given the different types of erosion you have
learned, particularly soil erosion, what would you suggest that the
government should do to minimize the devastating effects of this
erosion?

5. Take a tour in a nearby river. Observe the different types of rocks

that you will see and take note of their physical characteristics. To
show evidence, take some pictures of your activity and paste those to
your answer. What can you say about those rocks?

6. Why do you think is it necessary for the rocks to undergo the

process of weathering?

7. Our country, the Philippines, has 37 volcanoes. Among 37

volcanoes, 18 of them are active and show activity in the past 100
years. Why do you think the Philippines has plenty of volcanoes?

8. Get an ice cube and put it in a glass. Put a teaspoon of salt to the
ice cube and leave for two hours. What do you notice? Take pictures of
your activity to show that your are really performing it. What is the
connection of this experiment with the contained heat from the mantle
and the core?
9. If the mantle and the core are extremely hot, why is the heat
coming from these layers not felt on the Earth's surface?

10. Can igneous rocks form sedimentary rocks underneath the

Earth’s surface? Explain your answer.

11. Observe how convection current is produced by heating five to

ten pieces of monggo beans in a beaker. Take pictures of your activity.
How do the beans move?

12. What do you think happens when plates, which are parts that
form the crust, collide, spread, and slide past each other? Explain.

13. Using the resources from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology

and Seismology, find out if you live in an area where there is a fault.
You must connect to the internet before you can answer the activity.

14. Make slabs out of clay – preferably use different colors to make
layers. Apply compressional, tensional, and shear stress on the slabs of
clay. Take out pictures for this activity. How do the layers move or look
like after applying each type of stress?

15. Using the resources from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology

and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), find out on which type of plate boundary
the Philippines lie. Are there trenches or mid-oceanic ridges present in
the Philippine Area of Responsibility? This is an online activity.

16. How will you compare the ocean floor of the Philippines located in
the western side of the Pacific Ocean to the ocean floor of the United
States of America located in the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean? Use
pictures from the internet for your resources.

17. Research on how the age of the trees can be determined. How
would you relate this to the topic? Search the internet.

18. What is the importance of determining the age of rocks?

19. Take note of your surroundings. How has the area where you live
changed over geologic time? How might it look thousands or millions of
years ago? What are the plants and animals that are presently living in
your area? Do you think that the types of animals and plants have
changed much over time?
20. Why is it important to study the events that happened and the
organisms that existed even before the dawn of man?