Name (Last, First, MI) Alabado, Julien M.

Grade Level & Section: Grade 10 – Zea Mays

Worksheet I in G10 - SCIENCE (Week 4)

Part I. Continental Plate and Oceanic Plate Collision (pp. 6-7)

1. What do you think may happen to the leading edge of plate A as it continuous to
move downwards? Why?
- I think that the leading edge of plate A as it continuous to move downwards
will continue to subduct under the continental plate then a deep trench will
be formed.

2. As plate continue to grind against each other, what other geologic events could take
place?
- When plates continue to grind against each other, then geologic events
such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and mountain formation could
take place.
Part II. Collision of Two Oceanic Plates (pp. 8-9)

3. If the edge of Plate B suddenly moves upward, a large amount of water may be
displaced. What could be formed at the surface of the ocean?
- If the edge of Plate B suddenly moves upward, a large amount of water may
be displaced on the surface of the ocean known as tsunami. A tsunami is a
series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large
volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

4. Can you relate the presence of volcanoes, trenches and earthquakes in our country
in this kind of plate boundary movement?
- The subduction tectonics of our country which is the Philippines is the
control of geology over the Philippine archipelago. Active subduction
disturbs the crust, leading to volcanic activity, earthquakes and tsunamis,
making the Philippines one of the most hazard-prone regions on Earth.

Part III. Collision of Two Continental Plates (pp. 10-12)

5. What happens to the plate when they are pushed to the opposite ends?
- When the plates are pushed to the opposite ends then they will buckle
upwards a little bit which raises the surface a little bit forming like a
mountain on the land.

6. In terms of the consequences on the Earth’s lithosphere, how will you differentiate
this type of plate boundary with the other two convergent?
- Convergent boundary is where two plates are moving toward each other
while divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from
 each other and transformation boundary is when two plates are sliding
past each other.

Part IV. Plates Move Apart (pp. 16-18)

7. What do the graham crackers represent? How about the cream?

- The graham cracker represents the thin but dense oceanic plate while the
cream represents the thicker but less dense continental plate.

8. Provide an example of a location where this type of boundary is found on Earth.

- Divergent plate boundaries are the constructive plate boundaries where
oceanic crust and lithosphere are produced. Most divergent plate
boundaries are in the ocean basins and occur as oceanic ridges, the
centers of sea-floor-spreading.

9. What type of feature is produced by this type of plate movement?

- The type of feature that produced by this type of plate movement are deep
ocean trenches, volcanoes, island arcs, submarine mountain ranges, and
fault lines. They are examples that can form along plate tectonic
boundaries.

10. Explain how the formation would be different if the movement was occurring along a
continental plate.
- The formation would be different if the movement was occurring along a
continental plate because the plates can be thought of as fragments of
cracked shells that sit on hot molten rock in the Earth's mantle and stick
together. Heat from radioactive processes inside the planet causes the
plates to move, sometimes toward each other and sometimes away from
each other.

PART V. Checking Your Understanding (page 17)

11. Name and describe the feature of the ocean floor shown at A.
- The ocean floor shown at A is an underwater volcano. It is also called
“submarine volcano”, underwater vents or fissures in the Earth's surface
from which magma can erupt. Many submarine volcanoes are located near
areas of tectonic plate formation, known as mid-ocean ridges.

12. Name the process occurring at B and explain what results from it.
- It is Sea-floor spreading and they are making a mid ocean ridge. As tectonic
plates slowly move away from each other, heat from the mantle's
convection currents makes the crust more plastic and less dense. The less-
dense material rises, often forming a mountain or elevated area of the
seafloor. Eventually, the crust cracks.
13. What happens to old oceanic crust as new molten material rises from the mantle?
- When old oceanic crust as new molten material rises from the mantle, the
molten material spreads out, pushing older rock to both sides of the ridge.
It sinks down due to density. The Earth's ocean floors move like conveyor
belts, carrying the continents along with them, as they move.

14. The arrows on the diagram show the ocean floor spreading from the ridge. What are
the three kinds of evidence scientists have found to support this idea?
- The three kinds of evidence that scientist have found to support this idea
are the arrows in the picture showing the seabed extending from the ridge.

15. What process is shown occurring at C, why does it occur?

- This process has been going on for millions of years. It occurs because a
part of the ocean floor sinks into the mantle in deep ocean trenches.

PART VI. Answer the activity on page 15 - GOING HIGH

1. F
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. E