HOME-BASED ACTIVITY
QUARTER 1 WEEK 4
TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Gr and Sec:
Remarks:
Name:
Date:
The Earth’s Lithosphere is divided into several portions called plates and are separated by
margins called plate boundaries. The lithosphere can either be oceanic or continental which has
several distinguishable characteristics. Plates move and interact thus the term Plate tectonics.
When different plates interact, they result in geologic features and events. The resulting geologic
feature or event is dependent on how the plates are interacting and on the characteristic of the
interacting lithospheric plates.
If pairs of plates are moving toward each other or if the plates are colliding, the interaction is
known as a convergent plate boundary. If they are separating or moving away from each other, it
is called a divergent plate boundary. When plates slide past each other without converging or
diverging, the interaction is called a transform-fault boundary.
Activity:
Answer the items below on a separate sheet of paper
Observation Table
In your model, what did each of the parts represent?
Materials
Representation
Crackers
3-layer lumpia
Mayonnaise
Identify what type of plate boundaries each set-up of the activity represents.
Set-up
Type of Plate Boundary
Reasons
represented
(if convergent, further identify which
subtype)
1. Cracker vs. Cracker
2. 3-layer Lumpia wrapper vs.
Cracker
3. 3-layer lumpia wrapper vs.
3-layer lumpia wrapper
4. Cracker vs. Cracker
5. Cracker vs. Cracker
Questions
1. What is responsible for creating the force that moves the different plate boundaries?
2.
How does the movement of tectonic plates help build up Earth’s crust?
3.
How does plate tectonics tear down Earth’s crust?
Application
Complete the table below.
Set-up
Draw the
movement
of plates
using
arrows
Describe what
you observed in
each part
1. Cracker vs.
Cracker
2. 3-layer
Lumpia wrapper
vs. Cracker
3. 3-layer lumpia
wrapper vs. 3layer lumpia
wrapper
4. Cracker vs.
Cracker
5. Cracker vs.
Cracker
Generalization
Write your generalization in the box below.
Landforms
produced
(continental volcanic arc,
Earthquake fault zone, Midoceanic ridges, Mountain
ranges, trench,
Rift Valleys, volcanic island
arc)
Plate
Boundary
(Convergent,
Divergent,
Transform)