Plate Boundaries

ELDER D. VEJERANO
CABARIAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
 SCIENCE 10

MELC Grade 10 (1ST Quarter Week 1)

The learners should be able to

describe the distribution of active
volcanoes, earthquake epicenters and
major mountain belts.
CODE: S10ES-Ia-j36.1
 OBJECTIVES:
1. Compare and contrast the two
kinds of crust.
2. Explain the movement of each
plate using the Plate Tectonic
Model
 RECALL

 What are the Type of Plate Boundaries?

DIVERGENT CONVERGE
NT

TRANSFORM FAULT
LET’S THINK!

* What land feature is being shown on the picture?

* What geologic activity on this land feature can be
used in agricultural purposes?
* Why do you think that our country is endowed with
this kind of geologic feature?
ACTIVITY

PLATE TECTONIC MODEL

A. FILL ME UP!
Objective: Identify the layers of the lithosphere.
Procedure: Comprehend the Reading Resources
and Instructional Activities from your Learning
Module. Using the concept map below, complete
the entire ideas showing the layers of the
lithosphere
LET’S READ!
What is Plate Tectonic?
Earth’s lithosphere consist of layers, the crust and
the upper part of the mantle. The crust is made of a
variety of solid rocks like sedimentary, metamorphic, and
igneous. It has an average density of 2.8 g/cm³ and its
thickness ranges from 5 to 50 km. The crust is thickest
in a part where a relatively young mountain is present
and thinnest along the ocean floor.
There are two kinds of crust: the thicker but less
dense continental crust and the oceanic crust which is
relatively thinner but denser than continental crust.
According to the plate tectonic model, the entire
lithosphere of the Earth is broken into numerous
segments called plates.
 PLATE TECTONIC MODEL
LITHOSPHERE

Guide Questions:
1. What are the layers of the Earth’s Lithosphere?
2. Differentiate the Continental and Oceanic Crust.
 PLATE TECTONIC MODEL
LITHOSPHERE

Crust

Upper Mantle

Guide Questions:
1. What are the layers of the Earth’s Lithosphere?
2. Differentiate the Continental and Oceanic Crust.
 PLATE TECTONICS MODEL
LITHOSPHERE Thicker but less dense Thinner but more dense

Crust

Continental
Upper Mantle
Oceanic

Guide Questions:
1. What are the layers of the Earth’s Lithosphere?
2. Differentiate the Continental and Oceanic Crust.
What is Plate
Tectonic?
PLATE TECTONIC
 A theory which suggests that Earth’s
crust is made up of plates that interact
in various ways, thus producing
earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes,
and other geologic features.
PLATES

Rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit.

PLATES

Rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit.

PLAT PLATE
E
COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE TWO KINDS OF CRUST.

CONTINENTAL CRUST is thicker but less

dense while OCEANIC CRUST is thinner
but more dense.
 OCEANIC VS. CONTINENTAL

Oceanic Crust Continental Crust

Made up of mostly Made up of mostly

BASALT GRANITE

30-50 km (20-30 miles )

5-10 km (3-6 miles ) thick
thick
Newer ( younger) than
continental crust Older than oceanic crust
LITHOSPHERE
 Consists of crust and upper part of
the mantle.
 PLATE TECTONIC MAP

What are the 7 major tectonic plates?

What do the arrows in the map indicate?
Are all plates moving on the same directions?
ANSWERS:

1. African Plate
2. Antarctic Plate
3. Australian Plate
4. Eurasian Plate
5. North American Plate
6. South American Plate
7. Pacific Plate
 PLATE TECTONIC MAP

What are the 7 major tectonic plates?

What do the arrows in the map indicate?
Are all plates moving on the same directions?
ANSWER:

 The arrows on the map tells the

direction of movement of each
plate. Each plate is slowly moving
relative to each other, causing
geologic events to happen along
their boundaries.
 PLATE TECTONIC MAP

What are the 7 major tectonic plates?

What do the arrows in the map indicate?
Are all plates moving on the same directions?
ANSWER:
 No, they are moving at different
directions depending on the types
of plate boundaries they belong.
CAN YOU GUESS?
CAN YOU GUESS?

Can you guess which type of plate

boundary occurring between Philippine
Plate and Eurasian Plate?
CAN YOU GUESS?

Can you guess which type of plate

boundary occurring between Philippine
Plate and Eurasian Plate?
ANSWER:

 CONVERGENT PLATE
BOUNDARY
CAN YOU GUESS?

Can you guess which type of plate boundary

occurring between North American Plate and Pacific
Plate?
CAN YOU GUESS?

Can you guess which type of plate boundary

occurring between North American Plate and Pacific
Plate?
ANSWER:

 TRANSFORM FAULT
PLATE BOUNDARY
CAN YOU GUESS?

Can you guess which type of plate boundary

occurring between African Plate and South
American Plate?
CAN YOU GUESS?

Can you guess which type of plate boundary

occurring between African Plate and South
American Plate?
ANSWER:

 DIVERGENT PLATE
BOUNDARY
Knowledge
Check!

1. What are the layers of the

Earth’s lithosphere?
ANSWER:

 The Crust and Upper Mantle

Knowledge
Check!

2. Differentiate continental
crust from oceanic crust.
ANSWER:

 CONTINENTAL CRUST is
thicker but less dense while
OCEANIC CRUST is thinner but
more dense.
Knowledge
Check!

3. What is Plate Tectonic?

ANSWER:

 A theory which suggests that Earth’s

crust is made up of plates that interact
in various ways, thus producing
earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes,
and other geologic features.
KNOWLEDGE CHECK!

4. Which type of plate boundary occurring between

North American plate and Eurasian plate?
Answer: DIVERGENT
KNOWLEDGE CHECK!

5. Which type of plate boundary occurring between

Australian plate and Pacific plate?
Answer: CONVERGENT
ASSIGNMENT:

 Research on the relationship of moving

plates to occurrences of earthquakes.
THANK YOU!
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