Name: ____________________________________, _________________________________________
Date: ________________ Grade & Section: ____________________ Score: ________
Activity title: Let’s Mark the Boundaries
Objectives:
• Describe the distribution of active volcanoes.
• Determine the scientific basis for dividing the Lithospheric plates.
Key concepts:
• Plates are large pieces of the
upper few hundred kilometers of
Earth that move as a single unit
as it floats above the mantle.
• The plates are in constant
motion. As they interact along
their margins, important
geological processes take place,
such as the formation of
mountain belts, earthquakes, and
volcanoes.
Procedure: Study the map of
active volcanoes in Figure 6, then
answer the Guide Questions.
(2pts. each)
Q1. How are volcanoes
distributed?
Q2. Where are they located?
Q3. Based on the map, mention a country that is unlikely to experience a volcanic eruption.
Q4. Compare the location of majority of earthquake epicenters with the location of volcanoes around the world.
Q5. What causes a volcano to be active?
Assess You Prior Knowledge Score: _____/15
Directions: Do you still remember your discussions during Grade 8 and 9 about volcanoes and earthquake? You
need to recall important words related to volcanoes and earthquakes that will be used in this lesson. Below is a
vocabulary word list with missing letters. Read the definition on the left side to complete each word on the right
side.
Definition Vocabulary Word
1. A volcano with accounts of eruption documented within A __ T __ V __ VO __ C __ NO
10, 000 years (2 words)
2. A big body of land on the globe. __ O __ __ IN __ __ T
3. A vibration of Earth due to the rapid release of energy. E __ __ T __ __ U __ KE
4. The location on the Earth’s surface directly above the
focus of an earthquake. __ PI __ __ N __ __ R
5. The exact site of the origin of an earthquake, below the
epicenter. F __ C __ __
6. The liquid rock below the Earth’s surface. __ A __ MA
7. A landmass that projects well above its surroundings;
higher than a hill. M __ U __ TA __ __
8. A chain of mountains. (2 words) __ OU __ TA __ N R __ N __E
9. Earthquake waves (2 words) __ E __SM __ C W __ V __S
10. The first type of seismic wave to be recorded in a seismic
station, these compression waves are the fastest and travel P __ IM __ RY __ A __ __
through solids, liquids, and gases. (2 words)
11. The second type of earthquake wave to be recorded in a
seismic station; these shearing waves are stronger than P- __ E __ __ND __ R __ WA __ __
waves, but only move through solids. (2 words)
12. The geographical record of an earthquake. __ E __ S __ OG __ A __
13. A measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the
intensity and direction and duration of movements of an S __ I __ __ O __ RA __ H
earthquake.
14. A Japanese term for “big wave in the port;” generated
during undersea quakes. __ S __ NA __ I
15. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or
vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor and gas __ OL __ ANO
is being or have been erupted from the earth’s crust.
Key concepts:
Active volcanoes are usually associated with seismic activity, presence of hot water springs, and changes in the elevation
of the volcano’s crater. An active volcano may erupt at any time. Some volcanoes are considered dormant because they
have no known history of eruption but may erupt based on seismic indications of tectonic activity beneath the volcano.
Volcanoes that are not active or have not erupted for a long period of time are called extinct volcanoes.
The most active volcanoes are located in two volcanic belts: Alpine-Himalayan belt and the circum-Pacific belt, also known
as the “Ring of Fire.” The Ring of Fire, which outlines the major trenches in the Pacific Ocean, is an active volcanic and
earthquake area.
The Ring of Fire has many of the world’s active volcanoes, including those in New Zealand, New Guinea, Philippines, Japan,
the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia, Alaska, the western region of the United States, Central America, the western region
of South America, and the numerous volcanic Pacific Islands scattered between these bodies of land.
The locations of volcanoes are associated with tectonic activity.
