Group No.

_____ Section: ___________ Score: __________________________________________________________________________

__________ Q10. What do you think is the basis of scientists in dividing the Earth’s lithosphere into
Activity No. ___: LET’S MARK BOUNDARIES several plates?
Objectives:
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1. Describe the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters & major mountain
belts. __________________________________________________________________________
2. Determine the scientific basis for dividing the lithospheric plates. __________________________________________________________________________
Materials:
 Figure 5 Map of Earthquake distribution, Figure 6 Map of Active Volcanoes of the world, Group No. _____ Section: ___________ Score:
Figure 7 Mountain ranges of the world __________
 transparent plastic sheet used for book cover, same size as a book page (2 sheets) Activity No. ___: LET’S MARK BOUNDARIES
 marking pens (two different colors, red and blue) Objectives:
Procedures: 1. Describe the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters & major mountain
1. Trace the locations of the earthquake epicenters on a plastic sheet using a red marking belts.
pen. 2. Determine the scientific basis for dividing the lithospheric plates.
2. On another plastic sheet, trace the locations of volcanoes using the blue marking pen. Materials:
3. Place the earthquake plastic sheet on top of the volcano plastic sheet.  Figure 5 Map of Earthquake distribution, Figure 6 Map of Active Volcanoes of the world,
4. Place the two plastic sheets on top of the map of mountain ranges. Figure 7 Mountain ranges of the world
5. Answer all the questions below.  transparent plastic sheet used for book cover, same size as a book page (2 sheets)
Analysis  marking pens (two different colors, red and blue)
Q1. How are earthquake distributed on the map?
Procedures:
____________________________________ 1. Trace the locations of the earthquake epicenters on a plastic sheet using a red marking
__________________________________________________________________________ pen.
Q2. Where are they located? ___________________________________________________ 2. On another plastic sheet, trace the locations of volcanoes using the blue marking pen.
__________________________________________________________________________ 3. Place the earthquake plastic sheet on top of the volcano plastic sheet.
Q3. Where are there no earthquakes? 4. Place the two plastic sheets on top of the map of mountain ranges.
5. Answer all the questions below.
____________________________________________
Analysis
__________________________________________________________________________ Q1. How are earthquake distributed on the map?
Q4. Why is it important for us to identify areas which are prone earthquakes? ____________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________ Q2. Where are they located? ___________________________________________________
Q5. How are volcanoes distributed? _____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________ Q3. Where are there no earthquakes?
Q6. Where are they located? ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
Q7. Based on the map, mention a country that is unlikely to experience a volcanic eruption Q4. Why is it important for us to identify areas which are prone earthquakes?
(give three) __________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
Q8. Compare the location of majority of earthquake epicenters with the location of volcanoes Q5. How are volcanoes distributed? _____________________________________________
around the world. ____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________ Q6. Where are they located? ___________________________________________________
Q9. How will you relate the distribution of mountain ranges with the distribution of __________________________________________________________________________
earthquakes epicenters and volcanoes?
____________________________________________________
Q7. Based on the map, mention a country that is unlikely to experience a volcanic eruption
(give three)
_________________________________________________________________
Q8. Compare the location of majority of earthquake epicenters with the location of volcanoes
around the world. ____________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Q9. How will you relate the distribution of mountain ranges with the distribution of
earthquakes epicenters and volcanoes?
____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Q10. What do you think is the basis of scientists in dividing the Earth’s lithosphere into
several plates?
____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
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