Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Division of Negros Oriental
Mabinay District I
Cansal-ing Provincial Community High School
Senior High School
Name: ___________________________ Grade/Section: _______________
Score: ______
Date: ________________ Time started: _______ Time finished: ________
Structure of the Earth
Activity 1: Identifying the Earth’s Layers
Duration: 1 hour
A. Directions: Use the words below to label the Earth’s layers. Using crayons, color each
layer with colors matching the labels.
asthenosphere
oceanic crust
continental crust
mantle
inner core
outer core
B. Write the layer of the Earth that is being described.
1. Upper part of mantle; partially molten or deforms liquidly like “plastic under pressure”
- _________________
2. Consists mostly of iron and nickel; under intense pressure, which keeps it solid despite
high temperatures. - ____________________
3. Thickest layer; composed of dark and dense rock - ___________________
4. Outermost layer composed of silica-rich rocks - _____________________
5. Thinner part; made of dark, silica-poor rocks like basalt - ___________________
6. Consists mostly of iron and nickel; not under enough pressure to be solid, so it is liquid
- ____________________
Prepared by : Andre Ariel B. Cadivida
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Division of Negros Oriental
Mabinay District I
Cansal-ing Provincial Community High School
Senior High School
Name: ___________________________ Grade/Section: _______________
Score: ______
Date: ________________ Time started: _______ Time finished: ________
Movement of the Earth’s Crust
Directions: Draw and label correctly the three main types of faults.
NORMAL FAULT
REVERSE FAULT
STRIKE-SLIP FAULT
Prepared by : Andre Ariel B. Cadivida
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Division of Negros Oriental
Mabinay District I
Cansal-ing Provincial Community High School
Senior High School
Directions: Complete the chart below to distinguish between each of the three main
types of faults. Write your answers in the table below.
Type of Fault
Type of Force
(compression,
tension or
shearing)
Normal
Reverse
Strike-slip
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Vertical or
horizontal
motion
Type of plate
boundary
Types of
Earthquakes
(shallow,
intermediate,
deep or all)