CABALANTIAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SCIENCE GRADE 10

Name of Learner:
Grade and Section: Date:

LABORATORY ACTIVITY 1
DROP IT LIKE IT’S “HOT SPOT”

Objective: Relate hot spot with plate tectonics

Materials:
 Alcohol lamp  Test tube  Test tube holder
 Bond paper (2 sheets)  Match  Water

Procedure:
1. Attach one end of the bond paper to the end of another bond paper.
2. Fill ¾ of the test tube with water and heat it over an alcohol lamp.
3. While waiting for the water to boil, place the paper on top of the test tube. Be sure that the two are in
contact.
4. Once the water starts boiling and fumes are coming out, hold the paper in the same position for the next 10
seconds.
5. After 10 seconds, move the bond paper very slowly and horizontally by 10 centimeters. See to it that the
paper and test tube are still in contact.
6. Repeat step 5 after 10 seconds and observe.

Questions:

1. What can you see on the surface of the bond paper?

2. Let’s say that the paper represents the Earth’s crust; what do you think is represented by the water in the
test tube?

3. What geologic feature do you think will be formed at the surface of the crust?

4. Which of the features, at the surface of the crust, will be the oldest? The youngest? Label these on your
paper.

5. Which of the features will be the most active? The least active? Label these on your paper?

Reference: Science Learner’s Material 10 Department of Education Second Edition, 2020 pp. 31-32.