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Science
Quarter 1 - Module 7

Causes of Plate Movements

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Quarter 1 - Module 7 :Causes of Plate Movements
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Causes of Plate Movements

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 Table of Contents

COVER PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lesson 1 – Causes of Plate Movements

What I Need to Know 1

What I Know 1
What’s In 3
What’s New 3
What Is It 4
What’s More 5
What I Have Learned 7
What I Can Do 7
Assessment 7
Additional Activities 9

Lesson 2 - Causes of Thermal Convection, Ridge Push, and Slab Pull of Plate
Movements

What I Need to Know 10

What I Know 10
What’s In 11
What’s New 12
What Is It 12
What’s More 13
What I Have Learned 14
What I Can Do 14
Assessment 15
Additional Activities 15

Lesson 3 - Effects of Plate Movements

What I Need to Know 16

What I Know 16
What’s In 18
What’s New 19
What Is It 20
What’s More 20
What I Have Learned 21
What I Can Do 21
Assessment 22
Additional Activities 24

Assessment (Post-Test) 24
Key to Answers 27
References 29
What This Module Is About

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Lesson EARTH AND SPACE

1 Causes of Plate Movements

What I Need to Know

Get ready to learn about

plate movements and
some examples about
them.

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. Define plate movements; and

2. Give examples of plate movements.

What I Know

Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the best answer from the choices given.
Write the LETTER only of your answer.

1. Why are plate tectonics important?

A. Plates separates create mountain.
B. Plates joined together to make rift.
C. Plate boundaries is not related to geologic activities.
D. Plate boundaries are significant in geologic activities.

2. How does the structure of the Earth affect plate tectonics?

A. Oceanic and continental plates separate and create valley.
B. Oceanic and continental plates boundaries are stable.
C. Oceanic and continental plates interact at boundaries
D. Oceanic and continental plates join together and build mountains

3. Why is it dangerous to live near plate boundaries?

A. Volcanic activity is dangerous to the lives of the people.
B. Plates shaking of the ground can be felt which can kill people.
C. Plates shaking of the ground can cause destructive landslide.
D. All of the above

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4. What do tectonic plates look like?
A. like big rocks
B. Like a whole eggshell
C. Like a broken rock
D. Big slabs of rocks or a cracked eggshell

5. Which of the following refers to tectonic plates movement?

A. Titanic shift
B. Tectonic shift
C. Tiktok shift
D. TicTactoe shift

6. Which of the following refers to three main types of plates boundaries?

A. Transform, divergent, convergent
B. Transform, convergent, trivergent
C. Transform, divergent, crosvergent
D. Transform, divergent, transvergent

7. What is the rate of the movement of the plates during earthquakes?

A. Earth’s t plates move at five meters every year.
B. Earth’s plates move swiftly at about few centimetres every year.
C. Earth’s plates move very slowly at about few centimetres every year.
D. Earth’s plates move steadily at about one thousand meters per annum.

8. Where are the plate boundaries located?

A. At the center of the lithosphere plates
B. At the bottom of the lithospheric plates
C. At the very edge of the lithospheric plates
D. It is located anywhere below/center of the lithospheric plates.

9. What are the two main factors of tectonic plates movement?

A. Gravitational force at the spreading valleys and comfort zones.
B. Gravitational force at the spreading poles and convergent zones.
C. Gravitational force at the spreading ridges and subduction zones.
D. Gravitational force at the spreading valleys and divergent zones.

10. Which of the following refers to the scientific theory describing the large
scale motion of the seven large plates.
A. Boundary B. Fault C. Plate Movement D. Tectonic

11. Plates in Earth’s surface move due to the intense heat of earth’s core
causing molten rocks in the mantle to move.
Which of the following refers to the event above?
A. Boundary B. Fault C. Plate movement D. Tectonic

12. Which of the following refers to the pattern of movement that forms when
warm material rises, and eventually sinks when it cools down.
A. Convection cell B. Fault C. Heat D. Mantle

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13. Which of the following refers to the force that cause most of the plate
movement?
A. Convection C. Heat
B. Convection cell D. Thermal convection

14. Which of the following refers to a plate movement due to the plates being
pushed apart.
A. Earthquake B. Fault C. Heat D. Mantle

15. This occurs along the fractures that appear as the plates move apart.
A. Earthquake B. Fault C. Heat D. Mantle

What’s In

In the past lesson, you have learned the three types of tectonic
boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent,
where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways in
relation to each other. Due to these movements, plates move at a rate of one
to two inches (three to five centimeters) per year.

What’s New

Plate Movements
Plates at our planet's surface move because of the intense heat in the
Earth's core that causes molten rock in the mantle layer to move. It moves in
a pattern called a convection cell that forms when warm material rises, cools,
and eventually sinks down. As the cooled material sinks down, it is warmed
and then it rises again.

Causes of Plate Movements

The force that causes most of the plate movements is called thermal
convection, where heat from the Earth's interior causes currents of hot rising
magma and cooler sinking magma to flow, moving the plates of the crust
along with them. In ridge push and slab pull, gravity is acting on the plate to
cause the movement.

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Activity 1

Instruction:
The jumbled words below are some of the causes of plate movements.
Rearrange them to find the correct wordsand afterwards, draw the words that
you have formed.

1. Chenstre __________

2. acrslandis __________

3. ceano- dim __________

4. geidr __________

5. Tinsaounm __________

What Is It

What is a plate movement?

Plate movements is a scientific theory describing the large- scale
motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of
smaller plates of the Earth’s lithosphere. This movement processes began on
Earth between 3.3 and 3.5 billion years ago.

Fig.1.1 Earthquake hotspots in the Philippines

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Activity 2
Instruction : Connect the dots to trace the faults where the plate
movement occurs, and describe what is being formed after.

What’s More

Examples of Plate Movements

Due to the extreme temperatures inside the earth, hot magma rises
from the mantle at mid-ocean ridges,thus pushing the plates apart. As a
result, earthquakes occur along the fractures that appear as the plates move
away from each other. Some examples for this movement include the East
African Rift. Meanwhile, mid-ocean ridges where two ocean platesmoved
apart can be seen in some regions near the Azores and Iceland.

Fig.1 .2 San Andres fault Fig.1.3 Iceland fissure

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Activity 3
Instruction : In a one whole sheet of bond paper, draw the plate
movements as shown in the figure from the previous page. Check your
work following the rubrics below.

Rubrics
Expectation Score

Drawing tasks similar to what was 4

observed with correct label

Drawing includes many details 2

( shapes, color, & size)

Drawing has a title that helps explain 1

the content

Drawing includes written portion that 2

explains what the drawing is intended to
show

Drawing is legible and large enough to 1

see the details

TOTAL 10 POINTS

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 4
Instruction: In a one whole sheet of paper, identify what is
formed from the plate movements that you have just illustrated. Check
your work following the rubric given above in activity 3.

What I Can Do

Activity 5
Instruction: For this written exercise, you will write your answers
on your notebook. Answer the question below and explain your ideas.

Question:
What is the importance in knowing about the plate movements before
constructing a house?(15 points)

Assessment

Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the best answer from the choices given.
Write the CAPITAL LETTER only of your answer.

1. Which of the following identify the three main types of plate boundaries?
A. Transform, divergent, convergent
B. Transform, convergent, trivergent
C. Transform, divergent, crosvergent
D. Transform, divergent, transvergent

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2. What is the rate of the Earth’s tectonic movement during earthquakes?
A. Earth’s tectonic plates move at five meters per annum.
B. Earth’s tectonic plates move rapidly about few centimetres yearly.
C. Earth’s tectonic plates move slowly at few centimetres yearly.
D. Earth’s tectonic plates move steadily at one meter yearly

3. Where are the plate boundaries located?

A. At the center of the lithospheric plates
B. At the bottom of the lithospheric plates
C. At the very edge of the lithospheric plates
D. Anywhere at the center or bottom of the lithospheric plates

4. What are the two main factors in the movement of plate tectonic plates?
A. Gravitational force at the spreading valleys and comfort zones.
B. Gravitational force at the spreading poles and convergent zones.
C. Gravitational force at the spreading ridges and subduction zones.
D. All of the above.

5. Which is the scientific theory describing the large scale motion of seven
Large plates?
A. Boundary B. Fault C. Plate Movement D. Tectonic

6. Plates of earth’s surface move because of the intense heat of the

Inner core. Which of the following best describes this movement?
A. Boundary B. Fault C. Plate Movement D. Tectonic

7. This pattern is a movement that forms when warm material rises, cools,
and eventually sinks down.
A. Convection cell B. Fault C. Heat D. Mantle

8. What force causes most of the plate movement?

A. Convection C. Heat
B. Convection cell D. Thermal convection

9. This is an example of a plate movement wherein hot magma rises from the
mantle at mid-ocean ridges due to the plates being pushed apart.
A. Earthquake B. Fault C. Heat D. Mantle

10. This occurs along the fractures that appear as the plates move apart.
A. Earthquake B. Fault C. Heat D. Mantle

11. Why are plate tectonics important?

A. Plates cover the whole Earth.
B. Plates crashed together to make mountains.

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 C. Plate boundary is significant in geologic activities.
D. All of the above.

12. How does the structure of the Earth affect plate tectonics?
A. Oceanic and continental plates spread apart and form mountains.
B. Two oceanic plates converge will form rifts.
C. Oceanic and continental plates interact at boundaries from islands.
D. Two oceanic plates converge create hot spots

13. Why is it dangerous to live near plate boundaries?

A. Volcanic activity is dangerous to the lives of the people.
B. It is where the shaking of the ground can be felt which can kill
several people.
C. Oceanic mantle and continental plates interact at boundaries
D. Both A and B.

14. What do tectonic plates look like?

A. Like big rocks
B. Like a whole eggshell
C. Like broken rocks
D. Big slabs of rocks or Like a cracked eggshell

15. What is the movement of tectonic plates called?

A. Titanic shift
B. Tectonic shift
C. Tiktok shift
D. plates shift

Additional Activity

Give five (5) areas in your locality that demonstrated or have shown
movements of the plates. Write your answers on your notebook. (15 points)

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Lesson EARTH AND SPACE
Causes of Thermal Convection, Ridge
2 Push and Slab Pull of Plate
Movements

What I Need to Know

In this particular lesson, you will

learn about the causes of thermal
convection, ridge push, and slab
pull of plate movements.

At the end of this module, you will be able to :

1. Define thermal convection, ridge push, and slab pull; and
2. Describe the causes of thermal convection, ridge push, and
slab pull of plate movements.

What I Know

Instruction: Determine whether each of the statement below is

true or false. Write the CAPITAL LETTER only of your answer.

A. True B. False

1. Thermal convection is a continuous process. Once the hot less dense

particles cool down, they sink, and the other less dense particles rise.
2. The convection currents rotate very slowly as they move and drag the
plates along.
3. Because of convection, tectonic plates are able to move slowly along

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 the tectonic boundaries.

4. The downward movement of thermal convection occurs along a

divergent boundary where the sinking force pulls the tectonic plate
downward.
5. Forces lift and split the lithosphere at convergent plate movements in
thermal convection.
6. As an oceanic crust moves away from a divergent boundary, it
becomes denser than the newer oceanic crust.
7. In ridge push, the weight of the uplifted ridge pushes the oceanic crust
toward the trench at the subduction zone.
8. Ridge push is also known as gravitational sliding plate.
9. Seafloor spreading is not the natural process for ridge push.
10. Slab pull is also known as sliding plate force.
11. Slab pull is part of the motion of a tectonic plate caused subduction.
12. In slab pull, the plate motion is driven by the weight of cold, dense
plates sinking into the mantle at continental trenches.
13. The force and suction motion caused by slab pull account for almost all
of the force driving plate tectonics.
14. Slab pull is the other possible process involved in tectonic plate
movement.
15. The weight of the subducting plates pulls the slabs into the subduction
zone just like a tablecloth slipping off the table and pulling items with it.

What’s In

As a review, plate movements are considered as a scientific theory

describing the large- scale motion of seven large plates and the movements
of a larger number of smaller plates of the Earth’s lithosphere which has
began on Earth between 3.3 and 3.5 billion years ago.

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 Fig. 2.1 Forces that cause plate movements

What’s New

Activity 1

Instruction: For this activity, you will differentiate the following terms of
plate movements. Use a symbol (example: an arrow) to show your
answer in the table below.

Forces that causes plate movements Direction of plate movements

Thermal convection
Ridge push
Slab pull

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 What Is It

The inside of the Earth is filled with unimaginable force and energy.
Several forces within it are key factors for plate movements.

Of the many forces that it holds, thermal convection causes most of

the movements of the plates. This force is produced by the heat from the
Earth's interior causing currents of hot rising magma and cooler sinking
magma to flow, moving the plates of the crust along with them.

Another force causing further movements is ridge push

gravitational sliding) or sliding plate force. This is a proposed driving force for
plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges as the result of
the rigid lithosphere sliding down the hot, raised asthenosphere below mid-
ocean ridges.

Lastly, slab pull is a driving factor, too. It is the part of the motion of a
tectonic plate caused by its subduction.

Activity 2
Instruction: For this activity, you will describe the effects of the different
forces that cause plate movements, such as thermal convection, ridge pull
and slab pull. Refer to Figure 2.1 above for your answers.

Forces that cause the plate Effects of the forces that cause the
movements plate movements
Thermal convection
Ridge push
Slab pull

What’s More

Read on to review the three forces that cause plate movements.

1. Thermal convection is when heat from the Earth’s interior causes

the magma to flow, with hot magna rises while cooler magma sinks
which initiate the crustal plates movement.

2. Ridge push is the sliding plate force which drives the plate motion in
plate tectonics. It occurs at mid-ocean ridges as the result of the rigid

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 lithosphere sliding down the hot raised asthenosphere below mid-ocean
ridges.
3. Slab pull is part of the motion of a tectonic plate caused by its
subduction. Plate motion is partly driven by the weight of cold, dense
plates sinking into the mantle at oceanic trenches. This force and slab
suction account for almost all of the force driving plate tectonics.

Activity 3

Matching Type :Study the diagrams below and then match Box A to Box B.
Write the letter only as your answer.

BOX A
A B C

BOX B
1. Ridge push 2. Slab pull 3. Thermal convection

What I Have Learned

Activity 4

Complete this graphic organizer about the causes of plate movements

by filling in the empty circles with what you have learned in this lesson.

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 What I Can Do

Activity 5

Situational: Suppose you are a developer or an owner of a subdivision area

and during one of your inspections, you found out that a fault is
present in the location. What will you do? Explain. (15 points)

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________________________________________.

Assessment

Instruction: Determine whether each of the statement below is true or false.

Write the CAPITAL LETTER only of your answer.

A. True B. False

1. As an oceanic crust moves away from a divergent boundary, it becomes

denser than the newer oceanic crust.
2. In a ridge push, the weight of the uplifted ridge pushes the oceanic crust

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 toward the trench at the subduction zone.
3. Ridge push is also known as gravitational sliding plate.
4. Seafloor spreading is not the natural process responsible for ridge push.
5. Slab pull is also known as sliding plate force.
6. Slab pull is that part of the motion of a tectonic plate caused by its
subduction.
7. In slab pull, the plate motion is driven by the weight of cold, dense plates
sinking into the mantle at continental trenches.
8. The force and suction motion caused by slab pull account for almost all of
the force driving plate tectonics.
9. Slab pull is the other possible process involved in the tectonic plate
movement.
10. The weight of the subducting plates pulls the slabs into the subduction
zone just like a tablecloth slipping off the table and pulling items with it.
11. Thermal convection is a continuous process. Once the hot less dense
particles cool down, they sink, and the other less dense particles rise.
12. The convection currents rotate very slowly as they move and drag the
plates along.
13. Because of convection, tectonic plates are able to move slowly along
the tectonic boundaries.
14. The downward movement of the thermal convection occurs along a
divergent boundary where the sinking force pulls the tectonic plate
downward.
15. Forces lift and split the lithosphere at convergent plate movements in
thermal convection.

Additional Activity

1. Enumerate and differentiate the three forces that cause the plates to
move.(15 points)

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Lesson EARTH AND SPACE

3 Causes of Plate Movements

What I Need to Know

In this final lesson, you will

learn more about the
effects and causes of plate
movements.

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. Determine the effects of plate movements; and
2. Identify the causes of plate movements.

What I Know

Multiple choice

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 Instruction: Choose and write the CAPITAL LETTER of the best
answer from the choices given.

1. What are the effects of plate movements?

A. Interaction of plates produces forces that build valleys and it also
causes tidal waves.
B. Interaction of plates produces forces that build mountains, rift ocean
basins, and it also causes landslides.
C. Interaction of plates produces forces that build mountains, rift ocean
basins, and it also causes volcanoes and earthquakes.
D. Interaction of plates produces forces that build valleys and it also
causes tsunami.

2. Which of the following refers to the theory of plate tectonics?

A. The lithosphere is divided into plates.
B. The asthenosphere is strong and rigid.
C. The asthenosphere is divided into plates.
D. The asthenosphere moves over the lithosphere.

3. Which if the following is associated with deep ocean trenches?

A. Rift zones
B. Subduction zones
C. Ocean ridge systems
D. Transform fault boundary

4. How do plate tectonics affect humans?

A. Humans mostly experience it through storms.
B. Human mostly experience it through earthquakes.
C. Human mostly experience it through strong winds.
D. Humans mostly experience it through floods

5. Why is it dangerous to live near plate boundaries?

A. Volcanic activity is not dangerous to the lives of the people.
B. Tectonic plate shaking can be felt which can kill several people.
C. Earthquake can not harm kill several people.
D. Plate movement is not noticed easily

6. How does the structure of the Earth affect plate tectonics?

A. Oceanic and continental plates move towards or away from each other.
B. Oceanic and continental plates don not interact
C. Oceanic and continental plates don not move
D. Oceanic and continental plates both subduct

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7. Why is plate tectonics important?
A. Plates cover the whole Earth.
B. Plates crashed together to make mountains.
C. Plate boundary is significant in geologic activities.
D. Plates sink and the Earth disappear

8. The lithospheric plates are moving slowly. What is the driving force that
facilitates this movement ?
A. The force of the atmosphere
B. The magnetic force at the poles
C. The gravitational force of the moon
D. The convection current in the mantle

9. Seafloor spreading occurs as hot magma rises. If this magma cools down it
becomes the new seafloor as it pushes the former. Which location will this
event happen?
A. Subduction zone C. At the rift in the mid-ocean ridge
B. In the mid-ocean ridge D. Between sliding plates

10. Which of the following make the scientists believe that plates move?
A. Boundaries C. Gravitational force
B. Movements D. Convection currents

11. Which of the choices below is the branch of geology that deals with the
movements that shape the Earth’s crust.
A. Asthenosphere C. Subduction
B. Lithosphere D. Tectonics

12. Tectonic activities inside the Earth affect the Earth’s surface.
Which of the following is an example of this tectonic activity?
A. Earthquake C. Gravity
B. Fault D. Movement

13. Which of the following tectonic plates activities affect people?

A. The subduction and convergent zones at the sea level.
B. They create subduction and divergent zones at the terrestrial level.
C. They can change the atmospheric pressure and ocean temperature.
D. They can change the relationship of continental masses to oceanic
basins, and it also changes the sea level.

14. Which scientific theory describes motion of seven large?

plates.
A. Earth Interior B. Convection C. Plate Movements D. Tectonics

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15. Which of the following is the effect of plate boundaries movement?
A. Earthquake B. Deposit C. Force D. Gravity

What’s In

From the previous lesson, you have studied the following:

The force that causes most of the plate movement is thermal
convection, wherein the heat from the Earth's interior causes currents of hot
rising magma and cooler sinking magma to flow, moving the plates of the
crust along with them.

Ridge push (also known as gravitational sliding) or sliding plate force

is a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at
mid-ocean ridges as the result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down the hot,
raised asthenosphere below mid-ocean ridges.

Slab pull is that part of the motion of a tectonic plate caused by its
subduction.

What’s New

Activity 1
Read the situation below and answer the question that follows.

Ella and Samuel were sleeping inside a hotel in Cotabato City.

Suddenly, they felt the shaking of the ground that lasted 20 seconds. They
ran quickly out from the building and then they saw the damaged building
shown below. What do you think caused the sudden shaking?

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 Fig.3.1 Example of effects of plate movements

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What Is It

Effects of Plate Movements

Even if we cannot see what actually happens inside the earth, we can
still feel some of the movements within it.

These movements and effects of plate boundaries are evident among

earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, ocean ridges or trenches, and
subduction.
Activity 2

In this activity, you will describe the effects of plate movements based
on the photo shown in Figure 3.1.

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What’s More

Activity 3

Complete the blanks below by determining some further effects of plate

movements.

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What I Have Learned

Activity 4

Write down below some of your ideas to describe the effects of

an earthquake.

1. ____________________________

2. ______________________________

3. _____________________________

4. _____________________________

5. _____________________________

What I Can Do

Activity 5

Instruction: Create a slogan ona one whole sheet of bond

paper talking about the causes and effects of plate movements. Refer
below for the basis of your score.

Relevance to the topic 40 %

Originality 30 %
Impact & creativity 30 %
TOTAL 100 %

Assessment

Multiple choice
Instruction: Choose the best answer from the choices given.
Write the LETTER only of your answer.

1. How does the structure of the Earth affect plate tectonics?

A. Oceanic and continental plates spread apart to form mountains.
B. Two oceanic plates converge will form rifts

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 C. Oceanic and continental plates interact at boundaries will form islands
D. Two oceanic plates converge and create hot spots

2. Why are plate tectonics important?

A. Plates cover the whole Earth.
B. Plates crashed together to make mountains.
C. Plate boundary is significant in geologic activities.
D. All of the above.

3. Which of the following refers to the driving force that facilitates the slow
movement of the lithospheric plates?
. A. The force of the atmosphere
B. The magnetic force at the poles
C. The gravitational force of the moon
D. The convection current in the mantle

4. Seafloor spreading occurs as hot magma rises. Id this magma cools down
it becomes the new seafloor as it pushes the former. Which location will
this event happen
A. In Subduction zone
B. In the mid-ocean ridge
C. At the rift in the mid-ocean ridge.
D, Between the sliding plated

5. Which of the following made the Scientists to believe that plates move?
A. Boundaries
B. Movements
C. Gravitational force
D. Convection currents

6. Which of the following refers to the branch of geology that deals with the
movements that shape the Earth’s crust?
A. Asthenosphere B. Lithosphere C. Subduction D. Tectonics

7. Tectonic activities inside the Earth effects the Earth’s surface. Which of the
following is an example of this tectonic activity?
A. Earthquake B. Fault C. Gravity D. Movement

8. Which of the following tectonic plates activities affect people?

A. It creates subduction and convergent zones at the sea level.
B. It create subduction and divergent zones at the terrestrial level.
C. It can change the atmospheric pressure and ocean temperature.

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 D. It can change the relationship of continental masses to oceanic basins,
and can also change the sea level.

9. Which scientific theory describes motion of seven large plates?.

A. Earth Interior B. Convection C. Plate Movements D. Tectonics

10. Which of the following is the effect of plate boundaries movement?.

A. Earthquake B. Deposit C. Force D. Gravity

11. What are the effects of plate movements?

A. Interaction of plates produces forces that build valleys and it also
causes tidal waves.
B. Interaction of plates produces forces that build mountains, rift ocean
basins, and it also causes landslides.
C. Interaction of plates produces forces that build mountains, rift ocean
basins, and it also causes volcanoes and earthquakes.
D. None of the above.

12. Which of the following refers to the theory of plate tectonics?.

A. The lithosphere is divided into plates.
B. The asthenosphere is strong and rigid.
C. The asthenosphere is divided into plates.
D. The asthenosphere moves over the lithosphere.

13. Which of the following is associated with deep ocean trenches?.

A. Rift zones
B. Subduction zones
C. Ocean ridge systems
D. Transform fault boundary

14. How do plate tectonic affect human?

A. Humans mostly experience it through storms.
B. Human mostly experience it through earthquakes.
C. Human mostly experience it through strong winds.
D. All of the above.

15. Why is it dangerous to live near plate boundaries?

A. Volcanic activity is dangerous to the lives of the people.
B. It is where the shaking of the ground can be felt which can kill several
people.
C. Only A.
D. Both A and B.

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 Additional Activity

Instruction: You will collect ten (10) kinds of pictures that are
related with the effects of plate movements and make a
photo collage out of them.

UNIT TEST ( Day 4 )

Multiple Choice

Instruction: Choose the best answer from the choices given. Write the
CAPITAL LETTER only of your answer.

1. What are the effects of plate tectonics?

A. The interaction of plates produces forces that build mountains, rift ocean
basins, and it also causes landslides.
B. The interaction of plates produces forces that build valleys and it also
causes tidal waves.
C. The interaction of plates produces forces that build mountains, rift ocean
basins, and it also causes volcanoes and earthquakes.
D. None of the above.

2. How do plate tectonics affect humans?

A. Humans mostly experience it through strong winds.
B. Humans mostly experience it through storms.
C. Humans mostly experience it through earthquakes.
D. All of the above.

3. What are the two main factors that cause the movement of tectonic plates?
A. Gravitational force at the spreading ridges and subduction zones
B. Gravitational force at the spreading valleys and comfort zones
C. Gravitational force at the spreading poles and convergent zones
D. All of the above

4. How do tectonic plates affect us?

A. It can change the relationship of continental masses to oceanic
basins and can also change the sea level.

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 B. It creates subduction and convergent zones at the sea level.
C. It can change the atmospheric pressure and ocean temperature.
D. It creates subduction and divergent zones at the terrestrial level.

5. Which of the following refers to the two pieces of evidences for continental
and coastline plate tectonics?
A. Shapes do not fit together and coastlines do not show any changes.
B. Shapes fit together like a puzzle and coastlines show broken parts.
C. Shapes stay the same and coastlines appear the same without any
changes.
D. Shapes are crumpled both in continents and coastlines.

6. The three main types of plate boundaries can be identified as

A. transform, divergent and trivergent
B. transform, divergent and convergent
C. transform, divergent andtransvergent
D. transform, divergent and crosvergent

7. Which of the following best describes divergent boundaries?

A. They are underwater and form submarine mountain ranges.
B. They are hinterlands and form mountain ranges.
C. They are underwater and do not form submarine mountain ranges.
D. They are hinterlands and do not form mountain ranges.

8. At what rate do plates move during earthquakes?

A. Earth’s plates move very slowly at about few centimetres per annum.
B. Earth’s plates move very fast at about several centimetres per annum.
C. Earth’s plates move steadily at about one thousand meters per annum.
D. Earth’s tectonic plates move at five meters per annum.

9. Where are the plate boundaries located?

A. Plate boundaries are located at the very edge of the lithosphere plates.
B. Plate boundaries are located at the center of the lithosphere plates.
C. Plate boundaries are located at the bottom of the lithosphere plates.
D. Plate boundaries are located at the top of the lithosphere plates.

10. What are the evidences which show that plates are indeed moving?
A. Fossils, glaciers, and complimentary coastlines reveal when and where
plants and animals existed.
B. Modern continents show signages to their distant past.
C. Only A.
D. Both A and B.

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11. Why are plate tectonics important?
A. Plates cover the whole earth.
B. Plate boundary is significant in geologic activities.
C. Plates crashed together to make mountains.
D. All of the above.

12. How does the structure of the Earth affect plate tectonics?
A. Oceanic and continental plates join together and spread apart.
B. Oceanic and continental plates interact at plate boundaries
C. None of the choices.
D. Both A and B.

13. Why is it dangerous to live near plate boundaries?

A. Volcanic activity is predictable killer near plate boundaries.
B. Volcanic activity happens near plate boundaries of the ocean.
C. Volcanic activity always cause tsunami.
D. Volcanic activity is unpredictable dangerous killer calamity

14. Which of the following has similar shape of tectonic plates?

A. Big rocks
B. Broken Rocks
C. Like a cracked eggshell
D. Like a whole eggshell

15. Which of the following refers to the tectonic plates movement?

A. Titanic shift
B. Tectonic shift
C. Tictactonics shift
D. Tiktok shift

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ANSWER KEY

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POST-TEST POST TEST POST TEST
1. A 1.A 1.C
2. C 2.A 2.D
3. C 3.A 3.D
4. C 4. B 4.C
5. C 5. B 5.D
6. C 6. A 6.D
7. A 7. B 7.A
8. D 8. A 8.D
9. A 9. A 9.C
10. A 10. A 10.A
11. D 11. A 11.C
12. C 12. A 12.D
13. D 13. A 13.B
14. D 14. B 14.B
15. B 15. B 15.D

LESSON 1 LESSON 2 LESSON 3

PRE-TEST PRE-TEST PRE-TEST
1. D 1. A 1.C
2. C 2. A 2.D
3. D 3. A 3.B
4. D 4. B 4.B
5. B 5. B 5.D
6. A 6. A 6.C
7. C 7. A 7.D
8. C 8. A 8.D
9. C 9. B 9.C
10. C 10.B 10.D
11. C 11.A 11.D
12. A 12.B 12.A
13. D 13.A29 13.B
14. A 14.A 14.C
15. A 15.A 15.A
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