QUARTER 1 – MODULE 3 (Processes and Landforms Along Plate Boundaries)

WEEK 4
SCIENCE 10

Direction: Before answering the different activities for this module 3 –

Different Processes along Plate Boundaries, please read the key concepts on
pages 16-24 of the Grade 10 Science Learner’s Module.

LESSON 1: Processes and Landforms Along with Convergence of Plates

Activity 1: Head-On Collision

Part A: Converging Oceanic and Continental Plates

Objectives:
Explain the processes that occur along convergent plate boundary.
Determine the consequences of colliding plates.

Procedure:
Study the Figure below showing a cross – sectional diagram of plates that are
converging, and answer the questions that follow.

Q1: What type of plate is Plate A? What about Plate B? Why do you say so?
Q2: Describe what happens to Plate A as it collides with Plate B? Why?
Q3: What do you think may happen to the leading edge of Plate A as it continues to
move downward? Why?
Q4: What do you call to this molten material?
Q5: What is formed on top of Plate B?
Q6: As the plates continue to grind against each other, what other geologic event
could take place?

Part B: Convergence of Two Oceanic Plates

Procedure:

Study the Figure. It shows a cross-section of two converging oceanic plates.

Using your knowledge gained from the activity, identify the geologic events or
features resulting from this collision.
Q1: What are the geologic processes/events that will occur because of this plate
movement?
Q2: What geologic features might form at the surface of Plate A?
Q3: 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?

Part C: Two Continental Plates Converging

Materials:
Sand, 2 pieces of any hard paper/carton/cardboard

Procedures:

Put sand on a table or any flat surface.

Place a block of wood/cardboard at each end of the sand and slowly push the two
cardboards together. Observe what happens to the sand.

Q1: What happens to the sand as they were pushed from opposite ends?
Q2: If the sand represents the Earth’s lithosphere, what do you think is formed in
the lithosphere?
Q3: What geologic event could take place with this type of plate movement aside
from your answer in Question 2?