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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET (LAS)
GRADE 10

Name: Date: Score:

Subject : Science (Earth and Space)
Lesson Title : Plate Tectonics
Learning Competency 1: Describe and relate the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake
epicenters, and major mountain belts to Plate Tectonic Theory. (1.7)
Performance Task: Types of plate boundaries Pop-up Model made of recycled
materials.
Reference: Science 10 LM ; LAS No.:
Concept Lesson:
Earthquakes Many of the products of plate movements are gradual, quiet, and almost imperceptible.
Others can be sudden, violent, loud, and destructive. At some faults, the interacting plates can grind to a halt
and remain stuck in place for years. Stress can build up until a breaking point is reached. The plates then lurch
into motion with great energy. This is an earthquake. A small amount of the stress in the crust is released as
energy in the form of seismic waves, which are like sound waves. If a strong earthquake ruptures up into the
ocean floor, it can trigger a kind of ocean wave called a tsunami. Seismograph Seismic waves produced by
earthquakes are measured by a device called a seismograph, or seismometer. A seismogram shows both the
timing and amplitudes of the different seismic waves created by the earthquake.

The vibrations produced by earthquakes are detected, recorded, and measured by instruments call
seismographs 1. The zig-zag line made by a seismograph, called a "seismogram," reflects the changing intensity
of the vibrations by responding to the motion of the ground surface beneath the instrument. From the data
expressed in seismograms, scientists can determine the time, the epicenter, the focal depth, and the type of
faulting of an earthquake and can estimate how much energy was released.

Exercises:

1. Seismic waves are waves of energy that:

(a) plastically distort the material that they pass through,
(b) permanently distort the material that they pass through,
(c) break the material that they pass through
(d) elastically distort the material that they pass through

2. A seismograph is a device used to:

(a) sound an alarm,
(b) prevent earthquakes from occurring,
(c) record the vibrations produced during an earthquake
(d) calm the seismologist during an earthquake

3. Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden movement of rock are called:
(a) Epicenters
(b) Earthquakes
(c) Faults
(d) Tsunamis
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET (LAS)
GRADE 10

Name: Date: Score:

Subject : Science (Earth and Space)
Lesson Title : Plate Tectonics
Learning Competency 1: Describe and relate the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake
epicenters, and major mountain belts to Plate Tectonic Theory. (1.7)
Performance Task: Types of plate boundaries Pop-up Model made of recycled
materials.
Reference: Science 10 LM ; LAS No.: