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Science 10 Q1W1 Edited
Science 10 Q1W1 Edited
Grade 10
SCIENCE
SCI -BOX
(A SELF -LEARNING PACKAGE FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL)
Quarter 1 | Week 1
Earth’s Interior
Grade 10—Science
Competency: Describe and relate the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters, and
major mountain belts to Plate Tectonic Theory (S10ES-Ia-j-36.1)
Science – Grade 10
Sci-Box (A Self-Learning Package) for JHS
Earth’s Interior
First Edition, 2020
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this learning resource may be reproduced or transmitted in
any form or by any means electronic or mechanical without written permission from the Schools
Division of Iloilo.
Grade 10—Science
Competency: Describe and relate the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters, and
major mountain belts to Plate Tectonic Theory (S10ES-Ia-j-36.1)
Introductory Message
Welcome to Grade 10 Science.
The Sci-Box (A Self-Learning Package) for Junior High School is developed to guide you our
dear learners to meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum.
The Sci-Box aims to guide our learners in accomplishing activities at their own pace and
time. This also aims to assist learners in developing and achieving the lifelong learning skills while
considering their needs and situations.
The Sci-Box is developed to address the current needs of the learner to continue learning in
the comforts of their homes or learning centers. As the learning facilitator, make sure that you give
them clear instructions on how to study and accomplish the given activities in the material.
Learner’s progress must be monitored.
The Sci-Box is developed to help you, dear learner, in your needs to continue learning even
if you are not in school. This learning material aims to primarily provide you with meaningful and
engaging activities for independent learning. Being an active learner, carefully read and
understand to follow the instructions given.
REMEMBER ….
To answer the given exercises, questions and assessment, USE your ANSWER SHEET. When you
are DONE, wait for the teacher/volunteer to collect your Answer Sheet.
Grade 10—Science
Competency: Describe and relate the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters, and
major mountain belts to Plate Tectonic Theory (S10ES-Ia-j-36.1)
SELF-LEARNING PACKAGE IN
SCIENCE 10
Earth’s Interior
Learning Competency:
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Ready to Launch!
In this module, we focus on the Earth’s interior structure and processes. It is also
discussed how these processes could possibly have affected the Earth’s surface and
caused its physical appearance.
You will use some of your science skills such as graphing, measuring, analyzing and
interpreting data, and inferring for you to attain the desired outcomes. You will study
thoroughly the framework that will enable you to understand how and why several
features of the Earth continuously change. This theory is what we call “Plate Tectonics.”
This describes the events within the Earth that give rise to mountain ranges, volcanoes,
earthquakes, mountain belts, and other features of the Earth’s surface.
Try This!
“Interior Structure of the Earth”
Part I. Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if otherwise.
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Keep This in Mind!
Activity
The Earth’s composition tells a story about itself. It gives us clues to its past and proofs
about the gradual and slow changes that it has undergone for over 4.6 billion years.
Have you ever wondered what is under the ground? You leave your footprints in sand
and soil. You touch the soil and play with it. You get some soil samples and identify the
substances present in the soil. But nobody has seen beyond the area where humans
have conducted mining activities. However, man has invented instruments to get
information from the depths of the earth. One such information is on vibration. These
vibrations have been recorded and analyzed. Do you know that the earth’s interior is a
layered structure composed of core, mantle and crust? Table 1 summarizes the nature
of the different layers inside Planet Earth.
Table 1. Interior Layers of the Earth and their Characteristics
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Objectives:
1. Describe the properties of the interior layers of the Earth.
2. Tell the composition of the interior layers of the Earth.
Procedures:
1. Draw the interior layer of the Earth as shown in Figure 2.
2. Describe the different interior layer of the Earth using symbols from the response
grid on the right of Figure 2.
3. Draw the symbol/s in the corresponding layer of the Earth.
Figure 2. Interior Layer of the Earth
Abstraction
• The Earth is composed of three main layers: the crust, mantle, and core which is
subdivided into outer core and inner core.
• The crust is the outermost and thinnest layer of the Earth.
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• The mantle is the middle layer of the Earth. It makes most of the Earth’s volume and
mass.
• The crust and a part of the upper mantle make up the lithosphere. The lithosphere is
subdivided into portions called lithospheric plates.
• The asthenosphere is the weak layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
• The outer core is made up of molten material. The outer core accounts for the Earth’s
magnetic field.
• The inner core is the deepest layer of the Earth. It is made up of solid nickel and iron.
The temperature in the inner core reaches as high as 5000 oC.
Application
If we cut a piece of fruit in half, we will see that it is composed of three parts:
1) a very thin skin,
2) a seed of significant size located in the center, and
3) most of the mass of the fruit being contained within the flesh.
Cutting the earth we would see:
1) a very thin crust on the outside,
2) a core of significant size in the center, and
3) most of the mass of the Earth contained in the mantle.
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Reflect
Direction: Compose a short poem about the interior layer of the Earth. It must have
3 stanzas with 4 lines each. Rubric for grading as follows.
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Assess Your Learning
Direction: Read each item carefully. Write the correct answer.
1 . What makes up the lithosphere?
a. Continental crust c. Oceanic crust and continental crust
b. Crust and the upper mantle d. Upper mantle
2. Miners dig into the Earth in search for precious rocks and minerals. In which layer is
the deepest explorations made by miners?
a. Crust b. Inner core c. Mantle d. Outer core
3. How do you compare the densities of the Earth’s crust, mantle and core?
a. The mantle is less dense than the core but denser than the crust.
b. The mantle is less dense than both the core and the crust.
c. The mantle is denser than the core but less dense than the crust.
d. The mantle is denser than both the core and the crust.
4. The movement of the lithospheric plates is facilitated by a soft, weak and plastic-like
layer. Which of the following layers is described in the statement?
a. Asthenosphere c. Lithosphere
b. Atmosphere d. Mantle
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