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SCIENCE 10
Quarter 1 Week 7
The Mystery of Plate Movement
Part 1
Tutor Ichad
DEPED CENTRAL OFFICE SDO-CALOOCAN CITY
Quarter 1 Week 7
Most Essential Learning Competency
Describe the possible causes of plate
movement

(S10ES-Ia-J-36.5)
 Objectives QUARTER 1 WEEK 7

Describe and simulate seafloor spreading;

Explain the causes of plate movement based on
Continental Drift Theory and Seafloor
Spreading Theory; and
Introduce how convection current, ridge push and slab
pull cause plate movement.
 Pre-Test MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Read the questions carefully. Write

the letter of the correct answer on your answer
sheet or comment it down!

1. A
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 Pre-Test Question 1
What do you call the area where a denser plate sinks
beneath another plate?
A Convergent Boundary C Mid-Ocean Ridges

B Divergent Boundary D Subduction Zone

 Pre-Test Question 2
Which process is involved when a new seafloor is formed
near Mid-Ocean Ridges?
A Subduction C Convection current

B Plate tectonics D Seafloor spreading

 Pre-Test Question 3
Which theory claimed that there was once a
supercontinent that split into the present
continent that we know today?

A Continental Drift Theory C Core Accretion Theory

B Plate Tectonics Theory D Seafloor Spreading Theory

 Pre-Test Question 4
Which is believed to be responsible for the movement of the
plates in the earth’s lithosphere?

A Magma pressure

B Gravitational force

C Magnetic force at the poles

D Convection current in the mantle

 Pre-Test Question 5
What will happen when seafloor spreading occurs?

A Oceanic crust will stay in its original place.

B Oceanic crust will move side by side each other.

C Oceanic crusts diverge and new ocean floor material is formed.

D Oceanic crust materials move towards the middle part of the crust.
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 Looking Back FILL IN THE BLANK

Directions: Fill in each blank with the correct word

found in the parenthesis. Write the answer on your
answer sheet or comment it down!

1. EARTHQUAKE
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 Looking Back FILL IN THE BLANK

As continental plate converges with an oceanic plate, the (1)

OCEANIC
__________ (continental, oceanic) plate dives under the
CONTINENTAL
(2)_____________ (continental, oceanic) plate. The process of
diving down towards the mantle is called (3)_____________
SUBDUCTION
(subduction, floatation).
 Asthenosphere

The asthenosphere is
the part of the mantle
made up of highly
viscous molten rocks
that are capable of
flowing.

Source: http://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/physics/convergent-boundaries.html
Seafloor Spreading

The process that

describes how oceanic
plates
break at the mid-ocean
ridge is defined as
seafloor spreading.

Source: https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts/2020/09/02/ts-must-read-papers-dietz-1961/
Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Source: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-sea-floor-spreading-important
Subduction Process
The process when the
plates move toward the
subduction zones and
plunges into the mantle is
called the subduction.

Source: https://gfycat.com/evenimpressivegazelle
 Processes and Forces
The different processes and forces that drives the
movement of lithospheric plates to move are convection
current, ridge push and slab pull.

Source: https://brainstudy.info/images/what-causes-ridge-push-and-slab-pull
 Activity CRYPTOGRAM

Directions: Unlock the key terms based on the main ideas

provided. Write the answer on your answer sheet or
comment it down!

1. VOLCANO
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Activity Crypt 1

A layer beneath crust where the less

dense hot molten material rises and sinks

M
1 A
2 N
3 T
4 L 6
5 E
 Activity Crypt 2

A soft, weak and plastic-like layer,

the upper part of the mantle where
lithospheric plates float and move.

A
1 S
2 T
3 H
4 E 6 O
5 N 7 S
8 P H 11
9 10 E 12
R 13
E
Activity Crypt 3

It facilitates the movement of the

lithospheric plates.

C
1 O
2 N
3 V
4 E
5 C 7 8I O
6 T N
9 10

C
1 U
2 R
3 R
4 E
5 N
6 T
7
 Post-Test MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Read the questions carefully. Write the

letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet
or comment it down!

1. A
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 Post-Test Question 1
Which process is involved when lithospheric plates split
apart?

A Plate tectonics C Seafloor spreading

B Convection current D Subduction process

 Post-Test Question 2
Which process is involved when the oceanic crust plunges
down into the mantle?

A Plate tectonics C Seafloor spreading

B Convection current D Subduction process

 Post-Test Question 3
Where is the location of the new ocean floor when two
oceanic plates diverge?
A At the subduction zone

B Away from the Mid-Ocean Ridge

C Nearest to the Mid-Ocean Ridge

D Nearest to the Subduction zone

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