Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE-MALABON CITY
MALABON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
M. NAVAL ST., HULONG-DUHAT, MALABON CITY

Name: _____________________________________________ Section: ______________

Teacher: _______________________________________ Date: _________________
SCIENCE 10: EARTH SCIENCE
Worksheet No. _____
MOVEMENT OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Learning Competency: Describe the different types of plate boundaries (S10ES – Ia-j-36.2)
Instructional Objective 2.4: Describe the movement in each type of plate boundary.
Reference: Science 10 Learner’s Material pp 14 - 30

Directions: Use the words below to complete the table. Some words might be used more
than once, and some words might not be used at all.

mountain ranges Mariana Trench divergent

glaciers volcanoes San Andreas Fault
transform earthquakes deserts
convergent rocky mountains floods
Himalayas tsunami trenches
Mid‐Atlantic Ridge

Direction of
Movement Type of
(Use arrows to Motion Example(s) Effect(s)
Boundary
draw the
movement)

Two plates slide

against each other
in opposite
directions.

Two plates come

together, one
sliding under the
other or both
rising up.

Two plates move

apart.

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