Science

Quarter 1 - Module 6:
Transform Plate
Boundaries

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(Extracted/Modified from CO/RO10 SLMs)

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DO_Q1_SCIENCE10_ Module 6
Science - 10
Quarter 1 - Module 6
Transform Plate Boundaries
EARTH AND SPACE
Transform Plate Boundaries

What I need to know

LESSON 1 – Transform Plate Boundary (Day 1)

Objectives: At the end of this module, learners will be able to:
1. determine the three types of Transform plate boundaries, and
2. describe the three types of Transform plate boundaries.

What I Know

TRUE or FALSE: Write T, if the statement is true and F, if it is false.

1. The type of transform plate boundaries known as an underwater mountain

range formed by plate tectonics is called Ridge trench.
2. Island arc is formed when one tectonic plate slides beneath another at Ridge
trench boundaries.
3. Trench – trench is a type of boundary where two or more earth’s tectonic plates
meet.
4. Pushing of denser to lighter plates occur at trench – trench boundaries where
the seafloor and outermost crust will bend forming V-shaped.
 5. Lava is created caused by convection currents when two tectonic plates meet
at divergent boundary.
6. Plates are adjacent to each other, a new type of boundary is manifested and
that is the transform fault boundary.
7. Divergent plates has two sets of plates that move in opposite direction.
8. Most of transform faults join two segments of a mid-ocean ridge.
9. The presence of ridge is an indication of diverging plates.
10.The ocean diverge between two segments of the mid-ocean ridge when the
adjacent slabs of crust are grinding past each other.
11. Although most of transform faults are located within the ocean basins, some
are cut through the continental crust, such as San Andreas Fault.
12. Immediate concerns about transform fault boundaries are earthquake
activities triggered by movements along the fault system.
13. Majority of tectonic activities like earthquakes, mountain formation, and
volcanic activities happen along or near plate boundaries.
14. Some tectonic activities take place in the middle of a plate, such as Hawaii
islands, situated at the pacific plate.
15. Tectonic activities could only happen within the plate and not along
the boundaries.

What’s In

Divergent plate boundary – is a linear feature that exists between tectonic plates
that are moving away from each other. It is within continents which initially
produce rifts and eventually become rift valleys.

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Fig. 1. Divergent Plate Boundary

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 What’s New

What is Transform Plate Boundary?

Transform fault or transform boundary is a fault along a plate boundary where
the motion is predominantly horizontal, two plates are sliding past each other, this
forms a transform plate boundary.Natural or human-made structures that cross a
transform boundary are offset – split into pieces and carried in opposite directions.
Rocks that line the boundary are pulverized as the plates grind along, creating linear
fault valley or undersea canyon.

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What is it

The Three Types of Transform Plate Boundaries

1. Ridge-Ridge Boundaries

Fig 1. Ridge-Ridge Transform Fault

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Fig 2. Trench-Trench Transform Fault

3. Ridge-Trench Boundaries

Fig. 3. Ridge-Trench Transform Fault

2. Trench-Trench Boundaries

In this activity, you are instructed to describe what you have noticed about
Transform plate tectonic boundaries movement.

1. The motion of plates in Ridge-Ridge Transform Fault is ______________.

2. The motion of plates in Trench-Trench Transform Fault is_____________.

3. The motion of plates in Ridge-Trench Transform Fault is _____________.

What’s More

Three types of Transform Plate Boundaries Formation.

1. Ridge-Ridge Boundaries – A mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an
underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. This uplifting of the ocean floor
occurs when convection currents rise in the mantle beneath the oceanic crust and
create magma where two tectonic plates meet at a divergent boundary.

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2. Trench-Trench Boundaries – trenches are formed by a subduction, a
geophysical processes in which two or more of Earth’s tectonic plates converge and
the older, denser plate is pushed beneath the lighter plate and deep into the mantle,
causing the seafloor and outermost crust (the lithosphere) to bend and form a steep,
V-shaped depression.
3. Ridge-Trench Boundaries - trench is a deep elongated cavity bordering a
continent or an island arc; it forms when one tectonic plate slides beneath another.
Ridge is underwater mountain range that criss-crosses the oceans and is formed by
rising magma in a zone where two plates are moving apart.

Activity 1. Let us Recognize

Instruction: Identify the type of transform plate boundary shown below.
1. _______________________

2. _______________________

3. _______________________
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What I Have Learned

In this activity, illustrate the movement of plates in the following types of transform
plate boundaries, by using arrows beside each plate.
1. Ridge-Ridge Boundaries - 2.
Ridge –Trench Boundaries -
3. Trench-Trench Boundaries -

What I Can Do
How does a transform plate boundary form ?

Assessment

TRUE or FALSE: Write T, if the statement is true and F, if the statement is false.
1. Plates are adjacent to each other, a new type of boundary is manifested and
that is the transform fault boundary.
2. Divergent plates has two sets of plates that move in opposite direction.
3. Most of Transform faults join two segments of a mid-ocean ridge.
4. The presence of ridge is an indication of diverging plates.
5. The ocean diverge between two segments of the mid-ocean ridge when the
adjacent slabs of crust are grinding past each other.
6. The type of transform plate boundaries known as an underwater mountain
range formed by plate tectonics is called Ridge trench.
7. Island arc is formed when one tectonic plate slides beneath another at Ridge
trench boundaries.
8. Trench – trench is a type of boundary where two or more earth’s tectonic plates
meet.
9. Pushing of denser to lighter plates occur at trench – trench boundaries where
the Seafloor and outermost crust will bend forming V-shaped.
10. Lava is created caused by convection currents when two tectonic plates meet
at divergent boundary.
11. Although most of transform faults are located within the ocean basins, some are
cut through the continental crust, such as San Andreas Fault.
12. Immediate concerns about Transform fault boundaries are earthquake activities
triggered by movements along the fault system.

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13. Majority of tectonic activities like earthquakes, mountain formation, and volcanic
activities happen along or near plate boundaries.
14. Some tectonic activities take place in the middle of a plate, such as Hawaii
islands, situated at the pacific plate.
15. Tectonic activities could only happen within a plate and not along the
boundaries.