COMMONWEALTH HIGH SCHOOL

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SY 2020-2021

GRADE (JHS) : 10
QUARTER 1: EARTH SCIENCE WEEK: 4
MELC: Describe the different types of plate boundaries.
Learning Competencies: a) Identify the types of plate boundaries. (S10ES –Ia-j-36.2.2)
b) Identify the type of plate boundary associated with each major lithospheric
plate. (S10ES –Ia-j-36.2.3)
c) Describe the movement in each type of plate boundary. (S10ES –Ia-j-36.2.4)
d) Relate each type of plate with the stress on rocks. (S10ES –Ia-j-36.2.5)

ACTIVITY 2: PLATE INTERACTIONS

Specific Objectives: Given the necessary materials, the learner should be able to:
a. identify the different types of plate boundaries;
b. characterize the different plate boundaries according to the direction of movement they
exhibit;
c. name the type of stress each plate interaction experienced.
Brief Descriptions: There are three types of plate interaction
• Divergent Plate Boundaries
• Convergent Plate Boundaries
• Transform Plate Boundaries
 Divergent Plate Boundaries are where plates are moving away from each other.
 Convergent Plate Boundaries are where plates are moving towards each other.
 Transform Plate Boundaries are when plates move side by side with each other.

Instructions/Procedures:
A. Complete the table below on the interactions of different plates

Table 1: Identifying Plate Boundaries

Relative direction of Plates Type of Plate Boundary

(moving away from each (Divergent, Convergent,
Interacting Plates other, moving towards Transform)
each other, slide past each
other)
moving towards convergent
each other

moving away from divergent

each other

slide past each other transform

B. 1. Look at Figure 1 Map showing Tectonic Plate Boundaries and Geological Activity
 2. Determine what type of plate boundary exists between each of
the two plates listed in Table 2.
3. Describe the type of stresses that occur between the plate
boundaries. Use the diagrams to the left:

Figure 1. Map showing Tectonic Plate Boundaries and Geological Activity

(https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/350-tectonic-plate-boundaries)

Table 2. Relative motion of plates

Relative Motion of Plates TYPE of BOUNDARY TYPE Of STRESSES
(Moving towards each other, (Convergent, Divergent (TENSION,
INTERACTING PLATES Moving Away from each other, Transform) COMPRESSION,
Sliding past each other) SHEARING)

1. Eurasian-Philippine Moving towards each other convergent compression

2. Philippine -Pacific Moving towards each other convergent compression
3. Pacific-Australian Moving towards each other convergent compression
4. Pacific-Juan de Fuca Moving away from each other divergent tension
5. Juan de Fuca-North American Moving towards each other convergent compression

6. North American- Pacific Sliding past each other transform shearing

4. 7. Pacific- Cocos Moving away from each other divergent tension
5. 8. Pacific-Nazca Moving away from each other divergent tension
6. 9.Caribbean-Cocos Moving towards each other convergent compression
10. Pacific-Nazca Moving away from each other divergent tension
8. 11. Nazca-Cocos Moving away from each other divergent tension
9. 12. Antarctic-Nazca Sliding past each other transform shearing
10. 13. Indian-Eurasian Moving towards each other convergent compression
11. 14.Arabian-Indian Plate Sliding past each other transform shearing
12. 15. African-Eurasian Sliding past each other transform shearing
13. 16. South American-African Moving away from each other divergent tension
14. 17. Australian-Eurasian Moving towards each other convergent compression
15. 18. African-Indian Moving away from each other divergent tension
16. 19. Pacific-Eurasian Moving towards each other convergent compression
17. 20-North American-Eurasian Sliding past each other transform shearing

Prepared by: DOLLY B. GALOLA

LEVENIA B. MALLARE