PRAYER

PLATE
TECTONICS
THEORY
THIS THEORY PROPOSES THAT THE EARTH’S OUTER SHELL
CONSISTS OF INDIVIDUAL PLATES WHICH INTERACT IN
VARIOUS WAYS AND THEREBY PRODUCE EARTHQUAKE,
VOLCANOES, MOUNTAINS AND THE CRUST ITSELF.
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3 TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY –
WHERE TWO PLATES ARE
MOVING APART AND
CREATING TENSIONAL ZONE,
RESULTING IN UPWELLING
OF MATERIAL FROM THE
MANTLE TO CREATE A
NEW SEAFLOOR.
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IT IS ALSO CALLED
CONSTRUCTIVE BOUNDARY.
 3 TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
WHERE TWO PLATES MOVE
TOGETHER CREATING
COLLISIONAL ZONE,
RESULTING IN THE SUBDUCTION
OF OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE
INTO THE MANTLE.
 3 TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
IT IS ALSO CALLED
DESTRUCTIVE BOUNDARY
 3 TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
TRANSFORM FAULT BOUNDARY
WHERE TWO PLATES GRIND
PAST EACH OTHER WITHOUT
THE PRODUCTION OR
DESTRUCTION OF LITHOSPHERE.
3 TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
IT IS ALSO CALLED STRIKE-
SLIP BOUNDARY.
 USING THE PHILIPPINE PLATE BOUNDARY IDENTIFY WHAT
BOUNDARY EXIST IN THE DIFFERENT PLATE BOUNDARIES BELOW.
WRITE YOUR ANSWER ON A CROSSWISE.

1. MANILA TRENCH AND EAST LUZON TRENCH

2. PALAWAN TRENCH AND SULU TRENCH
3. PHILIPPINE TRENCH AND NEGROS TRENCH
4. PHILIPPINE FAULT
5. COTABATO TRENCH

GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. WHY IS IT IMPOTANT TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT PHILIPPINE
FAULT?
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2. AS A STUDENT WHAT ARE WAYS YOU CAN

SUGGEST/CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE
DAMAGE DUE TO EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, AND VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS?
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 TYPES OF HOW DOES IT DESCRIBE
PLATE LOOK LIKE EACH TYPE
BOUNDARIE (DRAW) OF PLATE
BOUNDARIES
S
CONVERGENT

A. CONTINENTAL –
CONTINENTAL

B. OCEANIC – OCEANIC

C. OCEANIC –
CONTINENTAL

DIVERGENT