SCIENCE 10

WEEK 6

Quarter 1- Module 6
Processes and Landforms That Occur Along
Divergent and Transform Plate Boundary
PRELIMINARIES

● Kumustahan
● Prayer
● Checking of Attendance
 REVIEW
1. Identify the type of convergent plate boundary.

Figure 1 Figure 2
2. What geologic features are formed in figure 1? Figure 2?
 REVIEW
3. Identify the type of convergent plate boundary shown in figure 3?

Figure 3
4. What geologic feature is formed in figure 3?
 Most Essential Learning Competencies
MELC
Explain the different processes that occur along the plate
boundaries (S10ES – Ia-j-36.3)

1. Explain the processes that occur along divergent

boundaries and identify landforms associated with it.

2. Explain the processes that occur along transform fault

boundaries and identify the landforms associated with it.

3. Explain the different geologic processes along plate

boundaries.
 PRE- TEST
1. What plate boundary is formed when two plates move
away from each other?

A. convergent boundary

B. divergent boundary

C. transform fault boundary

D. fault boundary
 PRE- TEST
2. When two plates move away from each other in
opposite directions, the resulting landform is______.

A. rift valley

B. mountain

C. volcano

D. trench
 PRE- TEST
3. Which geologic process is not associated with a
divergent plate boundary?

A. mountain formation

B. oceanic ridge formation

C. shallow earthquake

D. rift valley formation

 PRE- TEST
4. Which of the following is not a divergent plate
boundary?

A. Great Rift Valley of East Africa

B. San Andreas fault

C. East Pacific Rise

D. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
 PRE- TEST
5. Which among the following images illustrate a
divergent plate boundary?

A. C.

B. D.
 DISCUSSION
DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
(Constructive Plate Boundary)
- two adjacent (neighboring) plates move
apart in opposite
directions.
 Divergent Plate Boundary
● The separation of plates is
caused by convective forces in
the molten magma below them.

● As they slowly move away from

each other, this fluid basalt lava
rushes and fills the gap and
easily solidifies, forming a new
oceanic crust.
 Types of Divergent Plate Boundary

Type Plates involved Geologic Processes

Features
A. Oceanic Oceanic plates Oceanic ridge Volcanic activity
(Fracture eruption),
shallow earthquakes,
seafloor spreading,
widening ocean basin

B. Continental Continental plates Rift valley Normal faults, shallow

earthquakes, volcanic
activity
 Types of Divergent Plate Boundary
Oceanic- separation occurs within oceanic plates forming oceanic ridges.

Example: Mid- Atlantic Ridge

 The Mid- Atlantic Ridge
Iceland sits above the
Mid- Atlantic Ridge.
Eventually, the island
will be moving or
splitting away into two
separate landmasses.
Ridge Example: East Pacific Rise
 Types of Divergent Plate Boundary
Continental- separation occurs within continental plates forming rift valleys.

Example: East African Rift

Rift Valley Example: Baikal Rift Valley (Russia)
Rift Valley Example: Rhine Rift Valley (Germany)
 Transform Fault Plate Boundary
- Two adjacent plates slide horizontally past one another
resulting to transform fault plate boundary.
- Does not create nor destroy a crust
- Happens mostly on the seafloor forming oceanic fracture
zones
 Transform Fault Plate Boundary
Faults are produced when transform boundary occurs on land.

Example: San Andreas Fault

 SUMMING UP
1. Differentiate the geologic features and
processes between oceanic and
continental divergence.

2. Cite real world examples of each type

of divergence.

3. Explain why transform fault boundary

does not create nor destroy a crust.
Any questions or
clarifications?
Bye, see you again.