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Activity Drop It Like A Hot Spot

The document describes an experiment where a piece of paper is placed over a test tube containing boiling water. As the paper is slowly moved while in contact with the test tube, lines are formed on the paper's surface. The lines represent geological features that would form on Earth's crust. Specifically, the lines represent volcanoes, with the oldest features forming where the paper first contacted the test tube and the youngest forming at the edge. This experiment demonstrates how a hot spot underneath the crust can cause a chain of volcanic islands to form as the tectonic plate moves over the stationary hot spot.

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Activity Drop It Like A Hot Spot

The document describes an experiment where a piece of paper is placed over a test tube containing boiling water. As the paper is slowly moved while in contact with the test tube, lines are formed on the paper's surface. The lines represent geological features that would form on Earth's crust. Specifically, the lines represent volcanoes, with the oldest features forming where the paper first contacted the test tube and the youngest forming at the edge. This experiment demonstrates how a hot spot underneath the crust can cause a chain of volcanic islands to form as the tectonic plate moves over the stationary hot spot.

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 What can you say about the illustration?

What causes the


formation of this chain of volcanic islands?
ACTIVITY NO. ___
 Relate hot spot with plate
tectonics; and
Determine how tectonic
activities could also happen
within a plate and not just
along the boundaries.
 alcohol lamp
 test tube
 test tube holder
 bond paper (2 sheets)
 match
 Water
1. Attach one end of the bond paper
to the end of another bond paper.
2. Fill 3/4 of the test tube with water
and heat it over an alcohol lamp.
3. While waiting for the water to boil,
place the paper on top of the test
tube. Be sure that the two are in
contact.
4. Once the water starts boiling and
fumes are coming out, hold the paper
in the same position for the next 10
seconds.
5. After 10 seconds, move the bond
paper very slowly and horizontally by
10 centimeters. See to it that the paper
and test tube are still in contact.
6. Repeat step 5 after another 10
seconds and observe.
1. What can you see on the surface of the
bond paper?
2. Let’s say that the paper represents the
Earth’s crust; what do you think is
represented by the water in the test
tube?
3. What geologic feature do you think
will be formed at the surface of the crust?
4. Which of the features, at the
surface of the crust, will be the
oldest? the youngest? Label
these on your paper.
5. Which of the features will be
the most active? The least
active? Label these on your
paper.
How are you going
to relate hot spot
with plate
tectonics?
______ 1. A hot spot is an area in the
mantle from which hot materials rise as
thermal plume.
______ 2. As the tectonic plates moves
over the stationary hot spot, the
volcanoes are rafted away and new
ones form in their place.
______ 3. Low heat and higher pressure
at the base of the lithosphere facilities
melting of the rock.
______ 4. The geologists determined the
age of each volcanic island through
radioactive carbon dating.
______ 5. As one island volcano
becomes extinct, another develops over
the hot spot, and the cycle is repeated.
Wag babasahin!!!
ANO: SuMMATIVE test!
KAILAN: bukas
SAAN:Grade10 ROOM
BAKIT:Walang sagot sa
tanong kung bakit ka
mahalaga

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