Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PANGASINAN II
SAN QUINTIN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SCIENCE 9
Activity No. 9
Volcanoes in the Philippines
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I. OBJECTIVE:
Classify volcanoes as active or inactive.
II. MATERIAL: Philippine map, colored pen, triangle ruler
III. PROCEDURE:
1. Using the Philippine map, plot the location of the following volcanoes. Assign colors for the volcanoes as indicated in the
legend. Label the volcanoes.
Table 1. List of some volcanoes in the Philippines
NO. OF HISTORICAL LATEST ERUPTION
VOLCANO LATITUDE LONGITUDE
ERUPTIONS OR ACTIVITY
Cabaluyan 15o 42’ 120o19’ 0 -
Cocoro 10o53’ 121o12’ 0 -
o
Iraya 20 29’ 124o01’ 1 1454
o o
Kanlaon 10 24’ 123 7’ 26 2006 June
Mayon 13o15’ 123o41’ 49 2013 May
Pulung 7o 55’ 124o38’ 0 -
o o
Smith 19 32’ 121 55’ 6 1924
Taal 14o 120o59’ 33 1977
Tamburok 11o33’ 124o26’ 0 -
Urot 5o59’ 121o15’ 0 -
IV. DATA AND OBSERVATION:

LEGEND:
BLUE- volcano that has
no record of eruption
YELLOW- volcano that
has erupted 1 to 5 times
GREEN- volcano that
has erupted 6 to 10 times
RED- volcano that has
more than 10 times

V. GUIDE QUESTIONS:
Q1. Are all the volcanoes found in the same location?
Q2. Which of the volcanoes had the greatest number of eruptions? least number of eruptions? no record of eruption?
Q3. How will you classify the volcanoes that have records of eruptions? volcanoes with no record of eruption?
Q4. In your own words, differentiate an active volcano from an inactive one.