PLATE TECTONICS – ASSIGNMENT

Name: Keiren Faye Salvo

Section: Grade 10 – Rogers

Part A - Table Completion

Directions: Fill in each column with the correct information.

FORMED FEATURES
DIRECTION OF THE Cite at least one (1)
PLATE TECTONIC Between which of the
PLATES’ specific example in any
BOUNDARY Eight Major Plates the
MOVEMENT of the features formed in
was given example
the given Plate
formed?
Boundary
Convergent Two sides collide with The Himalayas Pacific Plate and
each other Australian Plate

Divergent Two sides part away Mid-Atlantic Ridge Pacific Plate and
with each other Antarctic Plate

Transform Two sides move San Andreas Fault Zone Pacific Plate and North
horizontally and just of western North America Plate
slides with each other America

Note: Kindly rename the file in this format before submitting your answered assignment: SUBJECT-LAST
NAME

Example: SCIENCE 10-DELACRUZ

Part B - Venn Diagram

Directions: Compare and contrast Plate Tectonics Theory from Continental Drift Theory using the Venn
Diagram below. List down at least 2-3 differences and similarities.

PLATE TECTONICS THEORY CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY

The Earth’s crust is explained how continents

separated into different
plates
plates act like a hard and
rigid shell compared to
Earth's mantle
modern theory
SIMILARITIES shift position on Earth's
Both are theories surface
The movement of the also explained why look-alike
Earth animal and plant fossils, and
similar rock formations, are
found on different continents
older theory