Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of Tarlac Province
Lawy High School

SCIENCE 9 LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

THIRD QUARTER WEEK 1
Module 1: Different Types of
Volcanoes
NAME:_________________________________________________ SCORE: __________
Year & Section:___________________

LEARNING TASK 1. Direction: Fill in the missing letters of the following active volcanoes in the Philippines in
column A using the given descriptions in column B.
Column A Column B
1. _ A Y _ _ 1. It is located in Legaspi, Albay. Its latest eruption was on January 2018
which displayed strombolian type of eruption.

2. P _ N A _ _ B _ 2. It erupted in 1991 with a plinian type of eruption which caused tremendous

casualties to nearby communities. It is situated in the boundaries of Tarlac,
Pampanga, and Zambales.

3. T _ A _ 3. It has the latest record of eruption in January 2020 with a phreatomagmatic

type of eruption. It is a caldera system. Its caldera contains a lake with an
island, that also contains a lake within the main crater.

4. K _ N L A _ N 4. It is an active stratovolcano in Negros oriental. Its latest volcanic activity

was in 2017 with a phreatic type of eruption.

5. B _ L U _ A _ 5. It is an active volcano in Sorsogon, Bicol region. Its latest eruption was in

2017. It mostly displayed a phreatic type of eruption.

LEARNING TASK 2.Identify the type of volcano (CINDER CONE, SHIELD VOLCANO, COMPOSITE
VOLCANO) as described by the following statement.

____________________1. It has a nearly perfect sloped structure.

____________________2. An example of this type of volcano is the Taal Volcano in Batangas.
____________________3. It is formed from alternate solidification of both lava and pyroclastic deposits.
____________________4. It can easily be identified because of its structure which is tall and broad with flat
rounded shape.
____________________5. It is built almost entirely of fluid lava flows.
____________________6. It is slightly domed structure that resembles a warrior’s shield.
____________________7. Mayon Volcano is an example of this type of volcano.
____________________8. It has a steep slope and wide crater.
____________________9. It is built from ejected lava fragments.
___________________10. It is the most abundant and the simplest type of volcano.
 LEARNING TASK 3. Write the word/s that correctly complete the statement.

1. ____________ is a natural opening in the surface of the Earth where molten rocks, hot gases,
smoke, and ash are ejected.

2. Major parts of volcanoes are: _______________, the highest point; _______________ the side; and
_______________ the lower part of the volcano.
3. Volcanoes are classified as ________________ or ________________ based on their records of erup-
tion.
4. According to structure of volcanoes are classified as ________________, _______________, and
__________________.
5. _______________ are those volcanoes that has had at least one eruption during the last 10,000 years
and _________________ are volcanoes that have not erupted for the last 10,000 years and is not ex-
pected to erupt again in a comparable time scale of the future.
6. Volcanoes that are large, broad and look like shield from the above are called _______________, those
with steep slope and wide are called _______________ and those typically steep-sided and symmetrical
cones of large dimension are called ________________.

7. Mayon Volcano, Taal Volcano, Mount Kanlaon, Bulusan Volcano and Mount Pinatubo are examples of
________________ volcanoes because they erupted just recently and more frequently than others.
8. Examples of inactive volcanoes in the Philippine are _______________ and _________________.
9. The following are the types of volcanic eruption: __________________, _______________,
______________, ________________, and __________________.
10. There are observable signs of impending volcanic eruption. ______________________,
_______________________ and ______________________ are examples of these signs.

PERFORMANCE TASK

Create an advocacy material or activity (flyer, jingle, poem composition, advocacy video, etc.) on raising
awareness about the signs of an impending volcanic eruption. Your work/performance will be rated using the
given rubric.

Description
Criteria
4 3 2 1
All information presented are Most of the information Some information Only few of the
Accuracy of the
complete and reliable. presented are complete and presented are complete information is correct.
content
reliable. and reliable.
Originality and It shows originality and It shows originality and no It shows creativeness. No originality and no
creativity creativity. creativity. creativity.
The message conveyed is very The message conveyed is clear. The message is conveyed No message conveyed.
Clarity of the message
clear. is not clear.

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