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Science
Quarter 1– Module 5
Processes and Landforms Along
Convergent Plate Boundary
Science – Grade 10
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Quarter 1 – Module 5: Processes and Landforms Along Convergent Plate Boundary
First Edition, 2020

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Science
Quarter 1 – Module 5:
Processes and Landforms Along
Convergent Plate Boundary
HOW TO USE THIS MODULE
Before you start answering the Supplementary Learning Material (SLeM), kindly set
aside other tasks that will disturb you while enjoying the lessons. Read carefully the
instructions below to successfully attain the objectives of this kit. Have fun!

1. Read carefully all the contents and follow the instructions indicated in every part
of this SLeM.
2. Write in your notebook the concepts about the lessons. Keep in mind that writing
develops and enhances learning
3. Perform all the provided activities in the SLeM.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.
6. Enjoy studying!

PARTS OF THIS MODULE

Expectations This will provide what you will be able to know
after completing the lessons in the SLeM.
Pre-test This will assess your prior knowledge and the
concepts to be mastered throughout the
lesson.
Looking Back to Your Lesson This section will measure the skills that you
learned and understand from the previous
lesson.
Brief Introduction This section will give you an overview of the
lesson.
Activities These are activities designed to develop your
critical thinking and other competencies that
you need to master. This can be done solely or
with your partner depending on the nature of
the activity.
Remember This section summarizes the concepts and
applications of the lessons.
Check Your Understanding This will verify how you learned from the
lesson.
Post-test This will measure how much you learned
from the entire SLeM.
 Expectations

You will be able to explain and identify the geologic processes that occur
along a convergent plate boundary.

Specifically, this module will help you to:

1. Differentiate oceanic crust and continental crust.
2. Explain three types of convergent boundaries.
3. Identify the landforms associated with the geologic processes that occur along a
convergent plate boundary.
Let us start your journey in learning more so that you explain and identify the geologic
processes that occur along a convergent plate boundary and the landforms associated
with it. I am sure you are ready and excited to answer the Pre-test. Smile and cheer up!

Pre-Test

On a separate sheet of paper, write the letter of the correct answer .

1. Which of the following is not a Plate Boundary?

A. convergent B. continent C. divergent D. transform fault

2. Why is oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust after collision?
A. less dense than continental crust C. thinner and denser than continental crust
B. thicker than continental crust D. same with as the continental crust

3. What landform is created when a denser plate slides underneath a less dense plate?
A. island B. mountain C. trench D. volcano

4. Which among the following landforms is created when two continental plates of
similar density collide with each other?
A. Island B. Mountain C. Trench D. Volcano

5. Which of the following mountains did not form as a result of a collision between
two continents?
A. Andes B. Alps C. Appalachians D. Himalayas
 Looking Back to Your Lesson

In the previous module, you were able to identify and describe the different types of
plate boundaries, please answer the simple activity to refresh you of the words
associated with the previous lessons.

Simple Recall Activity!

Directions: Rearrange the jumbled letters to reveal the correct word/ s. Are you ready?
Column A Column B

Jumbled Letters Answers

1. alpha dunraboy 1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. helistpreoh 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. etavic vonaloesc 3. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. tecriepen 4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. tpeal onecttic othyer 5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Did you get all the correct words given above? It’s nice that you still remember them.
Congratulations! Now, you will know the three types of plate boundaries and be able to
explain and identify the geologic processes and the landforms associated with it.
 Brief Introduction
The Three types of Convergent Plate Boundaries

Convergent Plate Boundary-where two adjacent (neighboring) plates move towards

each other and one plate either dives under the other (subduction zone) or the two
plates crumple where they collide.

A. Oceanic vs. Continental Convergent Boundary

Oceanic crust may collide with a continent. The oceanic plate is denser, so it undergoes
subduction. This means that the oceanic crust sinks beneath the continent. This occurs
at an ocean trench. Subduction zones are where the sinking of the plate takes place.
Whenever an oceanic crust collides with continental crust, the heavier oceanic plate is
forced under the lighter continental crust. The geological results are the following:
1.) The continental plate is pushed upwards, creating mountains.
2.) The oceanic crust subducts, a trench is formed;
3.) The descending plates move melt; it will lead to volcanic activity on the surface of
the continental plate.
These occur in the oceanic Nazca Plate when it subducts under the South American
Plate, creating the Andes Mountains and the Peru-Chile Trench. The Philippine Trench
is one of the deepest in the ocean.
The effects of a convergent plate boundary between oceanic and continental plates
include a zone of earthquake activity that is shallow along the continent margin but
deepens beneath the continent.

B. Oceanic vs. Oceanic convergent Boundary

When two oceanic plates collide, the older denser plate moves under oceanic plates.
The outcome of this tectonic collision are similar to those involving oceanic and
continental plates. A deep trench is created on the seafloor.
For example, the famous Marianas Trench has been formed by the subduction of the
Philippine Plate under the Pacific Plate. There is also a volcanic activity in the sea,
which over time can form island chains. The Aleutian Peninsula in Alaska is an example
of this type of island arc. Results that can be found at this type of plate boundary include
a zone of progressively deeper earthquakes, an oceanic trench, a chain of volcanic
islands, and the damaging effects on the oceanic lithosphere.
C. Continental vs. Continental Convergent Boundary
When continental plates collide into one another, none of the two plates can subduct
under the other because they are equally light and can float easily. Both of them are
pushed or pressed together under extreme pressure. This pressure creates buckling
and slipping, both vertically and horizontally.
This is the process by which the largest mountains on Earth have been formed or
created. For example, when the Indian and Eurasian Plates collided around 50 million
years ago, the result was the formation of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau.
Results found at a convergent plate boundary between continental plates include the
following:
1.) intense folding and faulting;
2.) wide folded mountain range;
3.) shallow or not deep earthquake activity occurs;
4.) short and thick plates are formed within the collision zone

Activities
Activity 1.1
Bumped into!
Part A: Oceanic vs. Continental Plate Convergence
Objectives:
1. Explain the processes that occur during ocean-continent collision.
2. Identify the landforms created in oceanic-continental convergent plate
boundaries.
3. Describe how these landforms are being created.
Procedure:
Study the figure on the next page. It shows a cross-sectional diagram of plates that are
converging, and answer the questions.

Figure 1. Cross-section of converging oceanic and continental plates

Source: Wikimedia commons

Guide Questions:
1. Which plate will subduct after the collision of oceanic and continental crusts? Explain
why.
2. What are the landforms created after the collision?
3. How are these landforms being created?

Activity 1.2 Part B: Continent vs. Continent Plates Convergence

Bumped into!
Objectives:
1. Describe the geologic process that occurs between the collision of two
continental plates.
2. Identify the landforms associated with continent-continent
collision.
3. Illustrate continent-continent collision.
Materials:
● modeling clay
● 2 blocks of wood
● paper
Procedure:
1. On a piece of paper, flatten the modeling clay with the palm of your hand.
2. Cut the clay into four strips; each strip should be 0.5 cm thick, 4 cm wide, and 12
cm long.
3. Put 4 strips one on top of the other.
4. Place a block of wood at each end of the clay strips and slowly push two
blocks together. Observe what happens to the clay.

Note: Watch and perform the activity using this link

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQNZ9U2uuOw)

Source: Wikimedia
commons
Figure 2. Cross-section of Two continental collisions
1. What happened to the strips of clay as they were pushed from opposite ends?
2. If the strips of clay represent the Earth’s lithosphere, what do you think is formed in
the lithosphere?
3. What other geologic events could take place with this type of plate movement aside
from your answer in Q8?
4. What are the landforms created in the figure illustrated above? Explain how are they
formed.

Activity 1.3 Part C. Oceanic vs. Oceanic Plates Convergence

Bumped into!
Objectives:
1. Identify the geologic process/es that occur during ocean-ocean convergence
2. Identify the landforms created in oceanic-continental convergent
plate boundaries
3. Describe how these landforms are being created
Procedure:
1. Study Figure 3. It shows a cross-section of two converging oceanic plates.
2. Using your knowledge gained from the previous activity, identify the
geologic events or features resulting from this collision.

Figure 3: Cross-section of converging oceanic plates

Source: Wikimedia commons

Guide Questions:

1. What are the geologic processes/events that will occur because of this plate
movement?
2. What geologic features were formed at the surface of the oceanic plate?
3. How does volcanic island form?

Remember

1. If the two plates that meet at a convergent boundary both are of oceanic crust,
the colder, heavier plates will subduct under the less dense or lighter plates.

2. The features of an ocean-ocean subduction zone are the same as those of an

ocean-continent subduction zone considering the exception that the volcanic arc will be
a set of islands known as an island of arc.

3. The older plate subducts into a trench resulting in an earthquake. When a

material in the mantle melts, volcanoes are formed at the subduction zone.

4. If two continental crust collides with one another, a mountain ranges can be
formed.
 Check Your Understanding

Read and analyze the following questions. Apply what you learned from this lesson.
1. In the oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary, a volcanic island is formed on
top of the continental crust and a trench is formed on the surface of the oceanic crust.
Explain how these phenomena occur.
2. Explain why volcanoes do not form between two continental collisions.
3. Complete the following concept map below. Please draw or make a concept map that
is similar below and fill in the correct information like the types of convergent plate
boundary, description for each type, and give at least 1 example. Note: Illustrator can
draw images does similar below.
 Post-Test

On a separate sheet, write the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following landforms are created as the plate slide past each other?
A. mountain B. fault C.volcano D. trench

2. Which type of convergent does not create a volcano?

A. continent-continent convergent
B. ocean- ocean convergent
C. ocean-continent convergent
D. continent- mountain convergent

3. Where does the oceanic trench formed?

A. continental shelf C. subduction zone
B. collision margin D. plate boundaries

4. Which among the following faults is considered the famous and found at the Pacific
Plate and North American Plate?
A. San Adreas Fault C. Alpine Fault
B. Marikina Valley Fault System D. Kego Fault

5. When an oceanic crust collides with a continental crust, a trench is formed in the
subduction zone, what is the name of the deepest trench and is believed to be closest
to the earth’s core?
A. Philippine Trench C. Tonga Trench
B. Puerto Rico Trench D. Mariana Trench
Answer Key
References

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Butler, John. “Physical Geology”. July 29, 1995
https://uh.edu/~jbutler/physical/chap20mult.html
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https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/tectonic-features.html
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