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SCIENCE
QUARTER 1
Week 2.1

Capsulized Self-Learning Empowerment

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Schools Division Office of Zamboanga City

Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga City

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SUBJECT & Science

QUARTER 1 WEEK 2 DAY ____________________________________
GRADE/LEVEL 10 dd/mm/yyyy

The Relationship among the locations of volcanoes, earthquake

TOPIC
epicentres and mountain ranges
LEARNING 2. Relate the locations , distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake
COMPETENCY epicenters and mountain belts to the Plate Tectonic Theory
IMPORTANT: Do not write anything on this material. Write your answers on the Learner’s
Activity and Assessment Sheets provided separately.

UNDERSTAND
The Relationship among the locations of volcanoes, earthquake epicentres and
mountain ranges.

What does the Plate Tectonic Theory state?

The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth's solid outer crust, the lithosphere, is separated
into plates that move over the asthenosphere, the molten upper portion of the mantle. Oceanic and
continental plates come together, spread apart, and interact at boundaries all over the planet.

Plates interact at three types of plate boundaries:

divergent, convergent and transform. Most of the Earth's
geologic activity takes place at plate boundaries.

Types of Geological features formed in Convergent Boundary

1. Earthquakes
2. Volcanoes
3. Mountain Ranges

What is a volcano?

A volcano is an opening in Earth's crust that allows molten rock from beneath
the crust to reach the surface. This molten rock is called magma when it is
beneath the surface and lava when it erupts or flows from a volcano. Liquid
magma containing dissolved gases rises through cracks in the Earth's crust. As
the magma rises, pressure decreases, allowing the gases to form
bubbles.... Volcanoes form at the edges of Earth's tectonic plates.
What is an earthquake?
An earthquake is the shaking and vibration of the Earth's crust due to movement of the
Earth's plates (plate tectonics).

What are mountain ranges?

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged
in a line and connected by high ground. ... Mountain ranges are formed
by a variety of geological processes, but most of the significant ones on
Earth are the result of plate tectonics.

SAQ-1: What do these three geological processes / events (i.e. volcano, earthquake, &
mountain ranges) have in common?
SAQ-2: Why do these geological processes happen?

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Let’s Practice! (Write your Answer on the separate Learner’s

Activity and Assessment sheets provided.)

Instructions: View and study the world map below.

The TRIANGLES are volcanoes.
The DOTS are earthquake occurrence.
The LINES are Tectonic plate boundaries.
ANSWER the following questions:
1. Describe any patterns you observe.
2. Compare the locations of volcanoes and earthquakes with the locations of the plate
boundaries.
3. Explain the apparent relationship between the location of the plates and the
occurrence of volcanoes and earthquakes in those regions.

Tectonic plate boundaries

Guide Questions:
1. How are earthquake distributed on the map? ______________________
_____________________________________________________________
2. Where are they located? ______________________________________
____________________________________________________________
3. How are volcanoes distributed? _______________________________
____________________________________________________________
4. Where are they located? ______________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5. Compare the location of majority of earthquake epicenters and the volcanoes
with the location of the plate boundaries. ____________________________
_____________________________________________________________
6. In what way is the plate tectonic theory helpful in explaining the occurrence of
volcanoes and earthquake epicentres? ______________________________
_____________________________________________________________

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NOTE THAT:
Areas with volcanoes have earthquake epicenters because volcanic activity resulted
shaking of ground known as volcanic earthquake. The distribution of earthquake
epicenters, volcanoes, and mountain ranges serves as the basis for the scientist in dividing
the Earth's lithosphere into several segments called plates

Earthquake epicenters are located in areas with volcanoes and mountain ranges, but not all
areas with earthquake epicenter have volcanoes and mountain ranges.

Volcanoes, mountain ranges and earthquakes are all formed along convergent boundary
although some volcanoes and earthquake are also formed along divergent boundary, while
other earthquakes are formed along transform fault boundary.
The distribution of earthquake epicenters, volcanoes, and mountain ranges serves as the
basis for the scientist in dividing the Earth's lithosphere into several segments called plates.

SAQ-3: Why do you think it is important for us to identify areas which are prone to earthquakes?

REMEMBER
Key Points

✓ Volcanoes, earthquakes and mountain ranges are all results of the tectonic
movement of the Earth. When two plates collide and one does not completely give way
and go under the other the crust is pushed up forming mountain ranges
✓ Volcano is created when plates are pushed together or pulled apart. So, the
relationship between volcanoes, earthquakes and mountain ranges is their connection
with the tectonic movement of the Earth.
✓ Volcanoes Are formed along convergent boundaries wherein when two plates collide,
denser plate will subduct beneath the other and move towards the mantle. When the
subducted plate reaches the mantle, it melts and turns into a magma which rise up on
the surface creating Volcanoes. Some volcanoes are formed on divergent boundary
particularly on the mid-Atlantic ridge. Some Volcanoes are formed over the hot spot
like the Volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands.
✓ Mountain Ranges Are formed between the collision of continental-to-continental
convergence. Collision zone is created in this type of collision, no trench, no volcanoes
but only large group of tall mountains are created known as mountain ranges. One very
good example is the Himalayas mountain.
✓ Plates are large pieces of the upper few hundred kilometers of earth that moves as a
single unit as it floats above the mantle.
✓ Oceanic and continental plates come together, spread apart, and interact at boundaries all
over the planet forming geological features of the earth such as volcanoes, mountain ranges,
and earthquake epicentres.
✓ Plates are in a constant motion. As they interact along their margins, important
geological processes take place, such s the formation of mountain belts, earthquake
and volcanoes making it appear they are located at the same location.

TRY
Let’s see how much have you learned today!
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided for.
(Write your Answer on the separate Learner’s Activity and Assessment sheets
provided.)
___ 1. Volcanic belts form along
a. islands in the Pacific Ocean.
b. North American mountain ranges.
c. the boundaries of Earth’s plates.
d. the coast of Antarctica.

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___ 2. The volcanoes along converging oceanic ___ 7. If you visit a place in the pacific known
plate boundaries may form to be along converging plates which of these
a. a hot spot. should you NOT expect to see?
b. a part of the mid-ocean ridge. a) Active volcanoes
c. an island arc. b) Mountain ranges
d. a subducting plate. c) Rift valley
____ 3. The formation of the Mountain Ranges is d) Volcanic islands
due to:
a. Earthquake occurrence. For Questions 8 to 10. Analyse the two
b. Volcanoes forming along plate boundaries. pictures. Give a brief answer.
c. Collision of continental-to-continental
convergence. Picture 1 shows the
d. Plates moving apart. volcano distribution
____ 4. On Earth's surface, volcanoes and and the occurrence
earthquakes seem to be ___. of earthquake.
a) concentrated at the poles
b) concentrated in zones Picture 2 The
c) randomly scattered on continental plates only distribution of
d) randomly scattered on oceanic plates only mountain ranges
____ 5. In relation to the continents, earthquakes
and volcanoes are located, 8.) How will you relate the distribution of
a) mostly if not entirely in the middle of a continent mountain ranges with the distribution of
b) mostly if not entirely in the north and south poles earthquake epicenters and volcanoes.
c) mostly if not entirely along the edges of the
Pacific plate 9.) How is the idea of PTT related to the
d) mostly if not entirely along the edges of locations and distribution of volcanoes,
continents earthquake epicentres and mountain ranges?
____ 6. What do these three geological features (i.e.
volcano, earthquake, & mountain ranges) have in 10.) What do you think is the basis of scientists
common? in dividing Earth’s lithosphere into several
a) They are formed at Divergent Plate boundaries. plates?
b) They are formed at Convergent Plate boundaries.
c) They are formed at Transform Plate boundaries.
d) All three happens in the Three (3) types of plate
boundaries.
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