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Science10 q1 Mod7 Causes of Plate Movements v3
Science10 q1 Mod7 Causes of Plate Movements v3
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Quarter 1 - Module 7
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TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lesson 2 - Causes of Thermal Convection, Ridge Push, and Slab Pull of Plate
Movements
Assessment (Post-Test) 24
Key to Answers 27
References 29
What This Module Is About
Introductory Message
Welcome to the Science 10 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Causes of Plate
Movements.
To the teachers:
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from
public schools to assist you, the teacher or facilitator, in helping the learners meet the
standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and
economic constraints in schooling.
As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also
need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own
learning for optimal development and understanding. Furthermore, you are expected to
encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in this module.
To the parents:
As vital partners in education, your support to your children’s learning at home is a great
factor to ensure that they will become successful in what they do. As parents, you are
expected to monitor your children’s progress while they are accomplishing the tasks in this
module while at the same time, ensuring that they learn independently.
The objectives set for this learning material will be certainly accomplished with your
steadfast guidance and support.
To the learners:
This learning resource hopes to engage you into guided and independent learning activities
at your own pace and time. This also aims to help you acquire the needed 21st century skills
while taking into consideration your needs and circumstances.
Furthermore, it is our objective that you will have fun while going through this material. Take
charge of your learning pace and in no time, you will successfully meet the targets and
objectives set in this module which are intended for your ultimate development as a learner
and as a person.
How to Learn from This Module
To achieve the objectives previously mentioned, you, the learner, are to do the following:
• Take time in reading the lessons thoroughly;
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises carefully; and
• Answer all the given tests and exercises diligently.
1. Use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module.
Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer the What I Know section before moving on to the next
activities included in the module.
3. Read the instructions carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to
consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain
deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
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Lesson EARTH AND SPACE
What I Know
Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the best answer from the choices given.
Write the LETTER only of your answer.
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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
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.
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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 __________
4. geidr __________
5. Tinsaounm __________
What Is It
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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
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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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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
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 Know
A. True B. False
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the tectonic boundaries.
What’s In
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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.
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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.
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
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
Activity 4
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What I Can Do
Activity 5
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Assessment
A. True B. False
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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
What I Know
Multiple choice
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Instruction: Choose and write the CAPITAL LETTER of the best
answer from the choices given.
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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
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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
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.
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Fig.3.1 Example of effects of plate movements
What Is It
Even if we cannot see what actually happens inside the earth, we can
still feel some of the movements within it.
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
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4._______________ 5. _____________________
Activity 4
1. ____________________________
2. ______________________________
3. _____________________________
4. _____________________________
5. _____________________________
What I Can Do
Activity 5
Assessment
Multiple choice
Instruction: Choose the best answer from the choices given.
Write the LETTER only of your answer.
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C. Oceanic and continental plates interact at boundaries will form islands
D. Two oceanic plates converge and create hot spots
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
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D. It can change the relationship of continental masses to oceanic basins,
and can also change the sea level.
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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.
Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the best answer from the choices given. Write the
CAPITAL LETTER only of your answer.
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
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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.
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.
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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
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