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QUARTER 1 – HYBRID MODULE 4

Types of Plate Boundaries
Week 4

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 Let’s Learn
This hybrid module was developed and written to help you demonstrate understanding
of the different types of plate boundaries. Studying plate boundaries is important because
along these boundaries deformation of the lithosphere is happening. These geologic events
have a great impact not only on the environment but also on us. Each type of plate boundaries
is differentiated by the type of movement they exhibit.
After studying this hybrid module, you are expected to:
1. identify and describe the different types of plate boundaries.
2. identify the type of plate boundary associated with each major lithospheric plate.
3. describe the movement in each type of plate boundary.
4. relate each type of plate with the stress on rocks.

Let’s Try
PRE-ASSESSMENT
Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose and encircle the letter of the correct
answer.

1. Why does oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust when two tectonic
plates collide?

A. It is denser than continental crust

B. It is less dense than the continental crust
C It is thicker than the continental crust
D. It is thinner than the continental crust
2. Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What type of plate boundary is
described by the motion of the two plates?
A. convergent plate boundary C. transform fault boundary
B. divergent plate boundary D. all of these
3. Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?
A. convergent plate C. divergent plate
B. transform fault D. reverse fault
4. Which type of stress applies on rocks that are pulled and break apart?
A. tension C. shear
B. compression D. structural
5. Which of the following refers to the rigid outermost shell of the earth which is composed
of the crust and the top part of the upper mantle?
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 A convergent plate C. lithosphere
B. oceanic plate D. continental plate
6. Plates A and B shows a divergent boundary. If Plate C is adjacent to both plates and does
not show any relative motion, what type of plate boundary is present between A and C?

A B

A. convergent plate C. transform fault

B. divergent plate D. reverse fault
7. Which of these statements correctly describe Asthenosphere?
A. Soft, weak upper portion of the mantle where the lithospheric plates float and
move around
B. The topmost, solid part of the earth that is composed of several plates
C. The boundary that separates the crust and the mantle
D. The process in which the crust p-lunges back into the earth
8. Crustal plates under the ocean are moving towards each other and eventually the denser
crustal plate bends towards the mantle or undergoes subduction process. Which type of
plate boundary is describe by the motion of the two plates.?

A. convergence of two continental plates

B. convergence of two oceanic plates
C. convergence of continental and oceanic plate
D. divergent plate boundary
9. The crustal plate slide past one another plate without producing new landform on the crust.
Which type of plate boundary is describe by the motion of the two plates?
A. divergent plate boundary C. transform fault boundary
B. Convergent plate boundary D. hot Spot
10. Which of the following statements correctly describe continental crust?

A. it is less dense than oceanic crust C. it is thin and denser than oceanic crust
B. it is thicker than oceanic crust D. both a & b
11. Which of these factors causes the lithospheric plate to split and move far away from each
other and form a new crust?
A. hot molten rocks from the mantle C. older rocks are weak
B. eruption of volcano D. soft rocks melts
12. Which among these parts of the earth are tectonic plates located?
A. asthenosphere C. lithosphere
B. inner core D. outer core
13. Which of these processes refers to when the ocean floor plunges back into Earth’s interior?
A. conduction C. subduction
B. radiation D. convection
14. Which of these stress causes the rocks to uplift, fold or fracture?
A. tensional stress C. shear stress
B. compression stress D. structural stress
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15. Which of these refers to the force applied to an object or material that causes
change or deformation on it?
A. fault C. strain
B. stress D. fracture

Alternatively, please answer these questions above online. Use the link
below: Score:
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J26ObOrUAY0nLIXmg-2ntEGjnt6QA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Use proper capitalization to activate the link. You will see your score after
completing the test.

Let’s Recall

WORD HUNT:
Directions: From the puzzle, highlight the words found inside box. The words maybe
hidden in any direction.
C T V E O C E A N I C C R U S T M O Y M
O E I D A S T H E N O S P H E R E A E A
V N R I D T L S C O N V E R G E N T S G
I S U V S A P L I T H O S P H E R E O M
D I S E W P M I D O C E A N R I D G E A
S O P R D D L D L O C K D O W N G C Q S
H N O G S A P E Q U A R A N T I N E O T
E T R E N C H P P R I F T V A L L E Y R
A N P N P U M A M E L I O R A T I O N E
R A U T R A N S F O R M F A U L T O K S
E T N O I S S E R P M O C M O D U L E S
Q D I K C O N T I N E N T A L C R U S T

Oceanic Crust 6. Asthenosphere 11. shear

Continental Crust 7. Trench 12. compression
Divergent 8. Rift Valley 13. tension
Convergent 9. Lithosphere 14. magma
Transform Fault 10. Mid-ocean ridge 15. stress

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 Let’s Explore

ACTIVITY 1 - You Push! You Pull!

Materials:

Modeling Clay
2 pieces of Cardboard (20 cm x 15 cm)

Procedure:
1.Place the cardboard with their edges together at the center on top of a table.
2. Put clay on top of the cardboard’s connected edges and flatten the modeling clay with the
palm of your hand until it is approximately 0. 4 cm thick, 5 cm wide and 8 cm long.
3. Slowly pull away the two cardboards in opposite direction. Observe what happens to
the
clay.

Q1. What happens to the clay as you slowly pull the cardboard away from each
other?
4. After doing procedure number 3 flattened again the clay on top of the cardboard.
Slowly push the two cardboards together as indicated by the arrow in the illustration
below. Observe what happens to the clay.

Q2. What did you observe on the clay as you slowly push the cardboard
towards each other?
5. Again, fix the deformed clay to its flattened form on top of the cardboard. Slowly pull the
cardboard to the direction indicated by the arrow. Observe what happens to the clay.

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 Q3. What happens to the clay as you pull the cardboard in opposite direction?

Let’s Elaborate

Plate Boundaries

The movements of the plates relative to each other distort the Earth’s crust in the region
of the boundaries creating systems of earthquake faults. The tectonic plates’ motion causes
them to interact in several ways forming different plate boundaries and fault.
As the stress is applied on the earth’s crust a fault can be formed. The continues
movement of the tectonic plates produces the stress, and the earth’s crust break as the result
of its constant motion . Stress is defined as the force applied to an object. This is what
happened in the activity that you just performed. The stress applies on the clay as you pull
away the cardboard away from each other or when you push them toward each the other.
:The type of stress produced can be categorized into several ways depending on how
it acts on the rocks.
The three kinds of stress that also correlates with the types of plate boundaries are .
1. Rocks that are pulled apart are under tension. Rocks under tension lengthen or break
apart. Tension is the major type of stress at divergent plate boundaries where two plates
are moving away from each other.
2. Compression squeezes rocks together, causing rocks to fold or fracture. Compression
stress happens at convergent plate boundaries where two plates move toward each
other.
3. When forces are parallel but moving in opposite directions, the stress is called shear.
Shear stress is applied on transform boundaries wherein the plates are sliding past each
other.

The plates lie atop of soft, weak layer and partially molten rock of the upper mantle
called asthenosphere. These plates can carry both continents and oceans, or exclusively one
or the other. For example, the Pacific plate is entirely oceanic. The study of plate boundaries

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is important because within these boundaries are the different geologic events that have a
great impact not only on the environment but also on us.

There are three types of plate boundaries, which are differentiated according to the
movement they exhibit. These are divergent plate boundary, convergent plate boundary and
transform fault boundaries.

https://www.tes.com/lessons/ZuyWtedW6iv9Mw/types-of-plate-boundaries
Figure 1 Three types of plate boundaries

Types of Plate Boundaries

1. Divergent Plate Boundary The divergence of plates causes the earth’s crust to
spread or split apart. The direction of the movement of each plate is oppositely away
from each other. Most divergent plate boundaries are situated along underwater
mountain ranges called oceanic ridges or mid - ocean ridge. When the plates break
away from each other , a new hot molten materials from the mantle will ooze up and
will fill the gap. These materials will slowly cool to produce new ocean floor.

http://www.geologypage.com/2019/03/what-are-the-different-types-of-plate-tectonic-boundaries.html
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/783415297665958552/
Figure 2 Divergent Plate Boundary
When a continent will diverge , a spreading center will be developed, and the crust
will be formed into several segments. The breaking leads to the formation of down faulted
valleys called rift valley. The rising of hot materials from the mantle will occur and forms new
ocean floor
As the spreading of the plates continue, the rift valley will increase its length and
depth.. At this point, the valley develops into linear sea, like Red Sea today.
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 Figure 3 Formation of divergent plate boundary
2. Convergent Plate Boundary – is the type of boundary in which two plates move
toward each other, causing the denser slabs of the lithosphere to sub duct beneath
and overriding plate. These plates float and move over the soft weak upper portion of
the mantle called asthenosphere. Examples for this plate boundary
are the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate.

Plate A Plate B

http://www.geologypage.com/2019/03/what-are-the-different-types-of-plate-tectonic-boundaries.html
Figure 4 Convergent Plate Boundary
There are three types of convergent plate boundary, continental – oceanic plate
boundary, oceanic – oceanic plate boundary and continental –continental plate
boundary.

a) Convergence of Continental plate and Oceanic Plate – oceanic crust is denser

than the continental crust, when these two types of crust collide, the oceanic crust
is always forced to sub duct into the mantle. This activity leads to the formation of
trench, volcanic arc and even earthquakes.

Figure: 4.1 Convergence of Continental and Oceanic pate

b) Convergence of Two Oceanic Plates - occurs when two oceanic plates converge
and sub duct beneath the other. Some geologic events happen as the plates collide
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http://rereber-earthquakes.weebly.com/convergent-boundaries.html
Figure 4.2 Convergent of two Oceanic plates
c) Convergence of Two Continental Plates - occurs when two continental plates
converge. A collision zone is formed instead of subduction. At this collision zone
the earth is pushed upward and forms mountain.

Figure 4.3 Convergence of two continental plates

3. Transform Fault, is a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one
another. Most transform fault joins two segments of a mid-ocean ridge. If there is
ridge,the possibility of diverging plates is also high, and as the plates will diverge
between the two plates of the mid – ocean ridge, the adjacent slabs of crust are
grinding past each other.

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boundaries.html

Figure 5 Transform fault boundary

Although most transform faults are located within the ocean basins, there are few
which cut through the continental crust. The example for this is the San Andreas Fault. The
movements along the transform fault can trigger earthquakes activities

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~iispacs/Education/EARS18/Iceland_2017/Tectonic%20History/tectonichistory.html

Figure 6 San Andreas Fault

Let’s Dig In

Activity 2 Watch the Plate!

Study the map of the relative motion of plates and identify what type of plate boundary
is characterized by each pair of crustal plates. Write your answer on table 1 Plate boundaries
along Crustal Plates

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Table 1. Plate boundaries along Crustal Plates

CRUSTAL PLATES TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Guide Questions:
1. How would you describe or classify the type of plate boundary that exist in the following
lithospheric plates based on the picture shown above?
a) Eurasian Plate and Philippine Plate - _______________________________
b) Australian Plate and Antarctic Plate - _______________________________
c) South American Plate and African Plate - _______________________________
d) North America and Eurasian Plate - _______________________________
e) Nazca Plate and South American Plate - _______________________________
2. Since all the plates are interconnected, how does a single movement of a plate can
affect other plates?
_________________________________________________________________

Let’s Remember
Sum It Up Challenge! Supply the missing words in the paragraph.

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 The process of the denser oceanic plate plunging back into Earth’s interior
is called 1. ______________ (convection, subduction). This happens when two
crustal plate will move 2. _____________ (towards, away from) each other. This
type of plate boundary is known as 3. __________ (convergent, divergent).
Convergent boundaries can be classified into three types. The convergence `may
occur between the continental and 4. _____________, an oceanic plate and 5.
_____________, and a continental plate and another 6. _____________ 7. The
stress that acts on this boundary
is _____________ (shear, compression)

The next type of plate boundary is caused by the hot molten rocks from the
mantle which rises to the surface through the 8. ___________ (volcano, rift
valley). It is called divergent plate boundary. The plates move 9. ___________
(away, slide past) from each other. 10.____________ (Shear, Tension) is the
major type of stress at divergent plate boundaries
The third type of plate boundary is the transform fault. 11 __________
(Compression, Shear) stress is experienced at transform boundaries where two
plates are 12__________(sliding past , pushing ) each other.

Let’s Apply

Using different colors of modeling clay choose one from the three types of plate boundary
construct and design your own model of plate boundary. Label the parts of your model to show
the relative motion of the plates.

The scoring rubric below will be used in assessing you model.

4 pts. 3pts. 2 pts. 1 pt.

Attractiveness The model is The model is The model is The model is
exceptionally attractive, in acceptably distractingly
attractive, in terms of design, attractive, though messy or poorly
terms of design, layout and it may be a bit design. It is not
layout and neatness messy attractive
neatness
Creativity The model The model The model The model lacks
contains many contains few contains few creativity It lacks
details and details and details and clarity of the
information. It is information. It is information. It is details and
clear and clear and clear. The information. There
presentable. The presentable. The student has tried is a little evidence
student has really student has used
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 used his/her his /her to use his/her that the student
imagination imagination imagination tried to be creative
Neatness and The model is The model is The model is The model is not
effort exerted neatly done well with somewhat organized. It looks
constructed and some organized, and it like the student
labeled, as organization and looks like the threw it together at
necessary. Much labeling. It student ran out of the last minute
time and effort appears the time or didn’t without much
were put into student worked take care of the care.
creating this hard on it. project.
project

Let’s Evaluate

For numbers 1-3 Refer to the table below.

A. Matching Type: Match each type of boundary from column A with the relative plate
motion in column B and the related stress in column C.

A B C
Boundary Type Relative Plate Motion Relative Stress

1.Convergent Plate A. the plates move away D. tension

boundary from each other

2.Divergent Plate Boundary B. plates slide past each E. shear

other
3. Transform Fault C. plates move towards F. compression
Boundary each other

1. Which of the following correctly describes convergent plate boundary?

A. A & D B. B & E C. C & F D. C & D
2. Which of the following correctly describes divergent plate boundary?
A. A & D B. B & E C. C & F D. B & F
3. Which of the following correctly describes transform fault boundary?
A. A & D B. B & E C. C & F D. C & E
B. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Crustal plates under the ocean are moving towards each other and eventually the denser
crustal plate bends towards the Earth’s mantle or undergoes subduction process. Which
type of plate boundary is describe by the motion of the two plates.?

A. Convergence of two continental plates

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 B. Convergence of two oceanic plates
C. Convergence of continental and oceanic plate
D. Divergent plate boundary
2. The crustal plate slide past one another plate without producing new landform on the crust.
Which type of plate boundary is describe by the motion of the two plates?
A. divergent plate boundary C. transform fault boundary
B. convergent plate boundary D. hot spot
3. Which of the following statements correctly describe continental crust?

A. It is less dense than oceanic crust C. it is thin and denser than oceanic crust
B. It is thicker than oceanic crust D. both a & b
4. Which of these stress causes the rocks to uplift, fold, or fracture?
A. tensional stress C. shear stress
B. compression stress D. structural stress
5. Which of these refers to the force applied to an object or material that causes change or
deformation on it?
A. fault C. strain
B. stress D. fracture
6. Why does oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust when two tectonic
plates collide?
A. It is denser than continental crust
B. It is less dense than the continental crust
C It is thicker than the continental crust
D. It is thinner than the continental crust
7. Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What type of plate boundary is
described by the motion of the two plates?
A. convergent plate boundary C. transform fault boundary
B. divergent plate boundary D. all of these
8. Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?
A. convergent plate C. divergent plate
B. transform fault D. reverse fault

9. Which type of stress tends to press the rocks towards each other?

A. tension C. shear
B. compression D. structural

Alternatively, please answer these questions above online. Use the link below:
Score:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DvZmJcMeAe8l6sSQSFht2BchFZ
rMbGLFw7mVjsUom_w/prefill
Use proper capitalization to activate the link. You will see your score after
completing the test.

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 Let’s Extend

Identify the different geologic events that occurs in each type of plate boundary.

Type of Plate boundary Geologic Event

1. Divergent plate boundary
2. Convergent plate boundary
3. Transform Fault

References
Printed Materials:

Science Learners Material 10, Department of Education

Vengco, L.G, Navaza, D.C., Faraon, G.D., Religioso T.F.You and the Natural World Science
K to 12 Curriculum Compliant , Phoenix Publishing House

Electronic Sources:

http://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module04swf.swf

https://www.tes.com/lessons/ZuyWtedW6iv9Mw/types-of-plate-boundaries

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/eoc/teachers/t_tectonics/p/subduction.html

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~iispacs/Education/EARS18/Iceland_2017/Tectonic%20History/te
ctonichistory.html

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/783415297665958552/

http://www.geologypage.com/2019/03/what-are-the-different-types-of-plate-tectonic-boundaries.html

https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-middle-school-earth-science-flexbook-
2.0/section/5.11/primary/lesson/divergent-plate-boundaries-hs-es

https://geology.com/nsta/divergent-plate-boundaries.shtml

http://rereber-earthquakes.weebly.com/convergent-boundaries.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=transform+plate+boundary&source

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https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/convergent-plate-boundary-created-by-two-
123695335
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth520/content/l7_p3.html
ttps://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-geophysical/chapter/causes-and-types-of-tectonic-
stress/

Development Team of the Module

Writer: Sherwin James C. Cardaño- BNHS - Teacher II
Language Editor: Liza M. Carreon – BNHS – Teacher II
Content Evaluators:
Eunice V. Correa - UBNHS – Master Teacher – I
Leynette Pearl A. de Leon – BNHS – Teacher -II
Maria Concepcion A. Villarosa - PNHS – Master Teacher – II
Mary Cris A. Caguing - WBNHS - Master Teacher- I
Josielyn V. Auman - BNHS - Teacher – BNHS -I
Illustrator: Victor G. Taleon - SVNHS – Teacher - I
Layout Artist: Jayson F. Antones – GRPMHS Main – Teacher - I
HYBRID MODULE TEAM VALIDATORS:
JHS Team Leader/Facilitator: DR. MELEDA H. POLITA, SDS (Ret.)
School Head In-Charge: DR. REA MILANA-CRUZ, Principal IV
Content Validator/Editor: JAYAR E. LONGASA, MT – I-WBNHS
Management Team: DR. MARGARITO B. MATERUM - SDS
DR. GEORGE P. TIZON -SGOD Chief
DR. ELLERY G. QUINTIA- CID Chief
DR. MARIVIC T. ALMO- EPS Science
DR. DAISY L. MATAAC – EPS LRMDS /ALS

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