JHEVILINE D.

LEOPANDO
Earth & Life Science Teacher
+639209796252 /
jhevleopando2212@calauagcentralcollege.edu.ph
LEARNING ACTIVITY # 6
NAME:_________________________________________________ GRADE / SCORE:________________
YEAR AND SECTION: GRADE 11 HUMSS/ABM__________________ DATE: _________________________
SUBJECT: EARTH & LIFE SCIENCE_____________________________ ❑ Grade School ❑ JHS ❑ SHS

PLEASE SHADE THE APPROPRIATE TYPE OF ACTIVITY:

❑ Concept Notes ❑ Laboratory Report ❑ Formal Theme ❑ Practical Activity
❑ Skill Demonstration / ❑ Drawing / Art ❑ Informal Theme ❑ Others:
Exercise / Drill ___________________

ACTIVITY TITLE: THE PLANET AND ITS SUBSYSTEM

LEARNING TARGETS: a. explain the uniqueness of the earth as planet
b. describe the complex system necessary to support life
REFERENCE(S) You and the Natural World; Earth and Life Science, Vengco, Lilia G.
(Title, Author, Pages) Religioso, Teresita F., pp. 38-60
Have you ever wonder how Earth, our planet ever existed? Have you ever come to
a question, why Earth, among all other planets in the universe, we, humans makes a living? Of
course, our brilliant scientists have set wide varieties of explanation to make us understand
that Earth among all other planets in the Solar System, is very special.
Earth: our own cradle planet
▪ The earth in the solar system
The creation of Earth was a result of the creation of the Solar System. It could
even be said that the planet was made from the materials of the early solar systems.
It is from these materials that a celestial body, which was then devoid of life, came
from. As time went on, the geologic processes that shaped the planet enabled life to
begin.
Much like the universe, Earth also has its own creation theory. A theory that was
created through the study of the diverse life that walked and lived throughout Earth’s
history. Earth revolves around the sun as the third planet from it. There are no other
planets, compare to Earth because it is where US humans, live.
▪ Moon: our only one satellite
Earth owns only one satellite or moon, this revolves around the Earth for 29 ¼ or an
estimation of 30 days, completing 1 whole month on our calendar. Its light source
comes from the Sun which make it shines during nighttime. Also, the cause of tidal
changes on Earth.
FORMATION OF THE EARTH
SOLAR NEBULAR THEORY
▪ The initial nebula consist of mixtures of grain (rocks) and ices.
▪ Through the process of accretion, different types of planets are formed---from
small terrestrial planets to large Jovian planets.
STEPS IN THE FORMATION OF THE EARTH
1. Accretion of centimeter-sized particles
2. Physical collision of kilometer-sized planetisimals
3. Gravitational accretion of planetisimals
4. The formation of molten protoplanet due to heat of accretion
THE FINAL STEP IS DIFFERENTIATION OF EARTH. DURING DIFFERENTIATION, HEAVY
OR MORE DENSE MATERIALS LIKE IRON AND NICKEL SINK TO THE CENTER OF THE
EARTH. LIGHT OR LESS DENSE MATERIALS RISE TO THE SURFACE.
 JHEVILINE D. LEOPANDO
Earth & Life Science Teacher
+639209796252 /
jhevleopando2212@calauagcentralcollege.edu.ph
Review…
LAYERS OF THE EARTH
1. The Core
▪ densest layer of the internal structure of the Earth, made up of heavy metals like
iron and nickel
▪ 3500 km thick to its center
▪ INGE LEHMANN, a seismologist discovered in 1936 that Earth has a SOLID
INNER CORE.
▪ LEHMANN DISONTINUITY –the boundary between inner and outer core

2. The Mantle
▪ Less dense than the core, made up of heavy rock materials
▪ 2900 km thick
▪ The upper portion is a plastic-like region and the outer part is hard and rigid solid
▪ It is the longest and thickest part of the Earth, the INTERMEDIATE LAYER.
▪ GUTENBERG DISONTINUITY –the boundary between outer core and lower
mantle
▪ MOHOROVICIC DISONTINUITY –the boundary between upper mantle and crust

3. The Crust
▪ Least dense layer of the solid Earth that is made of light rock materials
▪ Continents ad ocean floor
▪ 20-100 km thick
▪ It makes up the surface of the Lithosphere

ACTIVITY: You have been assigned to write a story about traveling to the center of Earth.
Start on how the Earth was formed as explaind in th solar nebular theory. Then travel through
the earth’s crust and describe your journey as you travel to each layer. Describe what you see
and feel. Use your study notes and readings. (NOT LESS THAN 100 WORDS)
 JHEVILINE D. LEOPANDO
Earth & Life Science Teacher
+639209796252 /
jhevleopando2212@calauagcentralcollege.edu.ph

LEARNING ACTIVITY # 7
NAME:_________________________________________________ GRADE / SCORE:________________
YEAR AND SECTION: GRADE 11 HUMSS/ABM__________________ DATE: _________________________
SUBJECT: EARTH & LIFE SCIENCE_____________________________ ❑ Grade School ❑ JHS ❑ SHS

PLEASE SHADE THE APPROPRIATE TYPE OF ACTIVITY:

❑ Concept Notes ❑ Laboratory Report ❑ Formal Theme ❑ Practical Activity
❑ Skill Demonstration / ❑ Drawing / Art ❑ Informal Theme ❑ Others:
Exercise / Drill ___________________

ACTIVITY TITLE: THE PLANET AND ITS SUBSYSTEM

LEARNING TARGETS: a. explain the uniqueness of the earth as planet
b. describe the complex system necessary to support life
REFERENCE(S) You and the Natural World; Earth and Life Science, Vengco, Lilia G.
(Title, Author, Pages) Religioso, Teresita F., pp. 38-60
THE EARTH’S FOUR SUBSYSTEMS
1. Lithosphere
2. Atmosphere
3. Hydrosphere
4. Biosphere
The Lithosphere
The earth’s solid outer section of the Earth. It includes the entire earth’s crust and the
rigid upper mantle. There are two crusts: continental and oceanic. The lithosphere is not a
continuous layer. It is divided into a number of huge plates that move in relation to another. It is
believed that at the beginning the continents are locked up into a huge land mass called
Pangaea, as proposed by Alfred Wegener. They broke apart and gradually drifted to their
present position.
Do you know that the plates drift sideways at the rate of 12 cm per year? This seems to
be slower but imagine how much the plates moved in 100 years, 1000 years or 1 million years.
The large-scale movements of the Earth’s plates are explained by the plate tectonic theory.

Pangaea
▪ The continents are all locked up into a large landmass
▪ The plates drift 12 cm per year

Plate tectonic theory

▪ It proposes that the lithosphere is divided into major plates and smaller plates resting
upon the soft layer called asthenosphere
 JHEVILINE D. LEOPANDO
Earth & Life Science Teacher
+639209796252 /
jhevleopando2212@calauagcentralcollege.edu.ph
TECTONIC PLATES AROUND THE WORLD AND THEIR LOCATIONS
1. African plate – is a continental plate containing the second largest continent, situated
in the Eastern Hemisphere, South of Europe.
2. Antarctic plate – is a huge slab of solid in the lithosphere of or near the South Pole or
the region around it.
3. Arabian plate – is a rigid rock in the lithosphere of Arabia in Southwest Asia between
the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
4. Australian plate – is the huge rigid rock in the lithosphere of the island continent in the
Southern hemisphere between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
5. Caribbean plate – is a part of the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the West Indies, Central
America, and the North Coast of South America.
6. Cocos plate – is the lithospheric plate of a group of small coral islands in the Indian
Ocean, South of Sumatra
7. Eurasian plate – is a lithospheric plate containing a land mass made up of the
continents of Europe and Asia.
8. Indian plate – is the tectonic plate in the region of South Asia, South of Himalayas,
including a large peninsula between the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.
9. Juan de Fuca plate – is a lithospheric plate in the strait between Vancouver Island and
Northwest Washington.
10. Nazca plate – is an oceanic plate between the Pacific plate and South American plate.
11. North American plate – is a tectonic plate covering the North Continent in the Western
Hemisphere.
12. Pacific plate – is a purely oceanic plate between Asia and the American continents.
13. Philippine plate – is a tectonic plate of a group of islands in the South West Pacific off
the South East coast of Asia.
14. Scotia plate – is located North East of the Antarctic plate and South American plate
15. South American plate – is a tectonic plate of the south continent in the Western
Hemisphere.

PLATE BOUNDARIES are margins or lines that divide tectonic plates.

Three types of Plate Boundaries
1. Divergent Boundaries
▪ where plates move apart from each other
2. Convergent Boundaries
▪ where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under the other.
▪ The denser plate sinks in a process called subduction. The process of pulling something
down.
▪ Oceanic plate meets other oceanic plate that results to oceanic trench
▪ A chain of volcanic islands known as an island arc

3. Transform Boundaries
▪ When two plates move parallel to one another in opposite directions
▪ The San Andreas fault in California is a transform boundary
 JHEVILINE D. LEOPANDO
Earth & Life Science Teacher
+639209796252 /
jhevleopando2212@calauagcentralcollege.edu.ph

Exercise. Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. What makes Earth unique from any other planets from the Solar System?
a. It is the biggest and heaviest planet in the Solar System
b. It has its own source of light
c. It is the only planet where life can exist
d. It has one moon
2. The following are the characteristics of the moon, Earth’s only satellite except
a. moon has its own light which we see at night
b. this is the cause of tidal changes on Earth
c. It revolves around the Earth at about 29 ¼ days
d. Only one side of the moon is seen on Earth
3. The reason why Earth is called “the blue planet”
a. It appears blue from the outer space
b. 71% of the Earth is covered by ocean
c. Blue light is mostly scattered to Earth’s atmosphere
d. Earth’s atmosphere mostly of Nitrogen
4. What is the best reason why the early Earth is inhospitable?
a. Atmosphere consists mostly of Hydrogen and Helium
b. Earth has no land masses
c. There asteroid bombardment and frequent volcanic eruption
d. The temperature was very high
5. Which of these reasons best testify that the early Earth has one large land mass called
Pangaea?
a. There are only one type of specie and race on early Earth
b. The continents’ boundaries make up the whole large land mass
c. The movements of the continents are too slow
d. The evidences are explained on the Plate Tectonic Theory
6. Which is common in the four biomes?
a. All biomes has trees
b. They include animals in their system
c. All biomes are zone for life
d. They all have same climate
7. The Earth’s five main ocean basin are the following except
a. Pacific Ocean
b. Arctic Ocean
c. Atlantic Ocean
d. American Ocean
8. Earth has 4 major different Biomes, what may be the reason for its existence?
a. There are many too many species
b. Humans can adapt their living to any of the four biomes
c. Different climate support different species to survive
d. It is pre-existed, we can do nothing about it
9. What could be the basis for Earth’s atmospheric layers?
a. Atmosphere’s gas contents
b. Atmospheric temperature
c. Atmospheric density
d. It depends to the organism that may travel through layers
10. What is the best reason why different species develop different characteristics
depending on the biomes they belong?
a. The climate affect the evolution of the species
b. Different biomes has different species as it is
c. The species adapt to the food source on a certain biome
d. Because different has unique characteristics