Teacher: Mrs.

Myra Tiangson
Room: STR - 9

SCIENCE 9
QUARTER 3: Module 3 - Geothermal Energy
Reymark R. Bumatay
Grade 9 - Silver

What I Know (Pre-Test)

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. D
Teacher: Mrs. Myra Tiangson
Room: STR - 9

Lesson 1
Geothermal Energy
What’s In

The following are energy sources in the Philippines. In this activity you are going to look for the
following words found below the puzzle. You can look for the words vertically, horizontally and
diagonally. Enjoy your word search activity!

renewable resources geothermal energy nonrenewable resources

fossil fuels biomass hydroelectric energy geothermal plant
nuclear energy solar energy wind energy
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Room: STR - 9

What’s New
The Philippines is located along the Pacific Ring of
Fire, a zone of volcanos and volcanic activities, energy
has been collected from them making our country ranked
second in the worlds production of geothermal energy.

But do you know what Geothermal Energy really is? To

find out, let’s do the activity to determine the knowledge
you have for the lesson.

Can you identify the pictures below?

Choose your answer from the word inside the box. Write in on the space provided.

Geyser Volcano Hot Spring Fumarole Tectonic

Hot Spring Geyser Volcano Fumarole

Using the pictures above, complete the following sentences.

Volcano
1. The ________________ erupted suddenly, killing hundreds of people.
Geyser
2. There is a _______________________ that shoots out hot water every day.
3. A _______________
Fumarole is a hole where the steam looks a lot like a smoke.
Hot Spring
4. Many enjoys the warm waters of a _________________.
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What’s More
Refer to the Map of the Philippine below, name the different geothermal power plants and their
specific location. Choose your answer inside the box and write it on the space provided.

Tongonan, Leyte Bacon-Manito, Sorsogon Albay Negros Occidental

Plinpinon, Negros Oriental Davao Tiwi, Albay
Mt. Labo, Camarines Province Iligan City

Example: Makiling-Banahaw 5. Mt. Labo, Camarines Province

Laguna

6. Tiwi, Albay
1. Bacon-Manito, Sorsogon Albay

2. Negros Occidental 7. Tongonan, Leyte

8. Mount Cabalian,
3. Plinpinon, Negros Oriental Southern Leyte

4. Davao
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Room: STR - 9

What I Have Learned

Activity 1. Modified Matching Type

Rearrange and match the scrambled letters on the left with the phrase/word that describes on the right. Write
your answer on the space provided.

A B

1. OEELAMGRHT YNEERG = GEOTHERMAL LAGUNA a. Makiling-Banahaw

ENERGY

2. BNRALEEEW ENERYG = RENEWABLE POWER PLANTS b. near a group of volcanic

ENERGY activity

3. AETLHMR = THERMAL BACON c. Sorsogon

4. ERPOW ASPLTN = POWER PLANTS KIDAPAWAN d. North Cotabato

5. LANGAU = LAGUNA LEYTE e. Tongonan

6. SEYREG = GEYSER SOLAR f. energy from the sun

7. NBACO = BACON RENEWABLE ENERGY g. alternative energy

8. LAORS = SOLAR THERMAL h. heat

9. KWDIAAANP = KIDAPAWAN GEYSER i. ejects hot water and steam

10. LTYEE = LEYTE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY j. internal heat

Activity 2. Identify Me!

Direction. Identify whether the geothermal power plants are located in LUZON, VISAYAS or MINDANAO.
Write your answer on the space provided.

MINDANAO 1. Kidapawan Geothermal Power Plant

LUZON 2. Makiling-Banahaw Power Plant

VISAYAS 3. Plinpinon Geothermal Power Plant

VISAYAS 4. Bago Geothermal Power Plant

LUZON 5. Tiwi Geothermal Power Plant

Teacher: Mrs. Myra Tiangson
Room: STR - 9

What I Can Do

Read each question carefully. Put (/) in column whether your answer is YES or NO. if your answer is NO then
write your reason why or how on the last column.

Question YES NO Write your reason at least 1 or 2

sentences

1. Is the Philippines rich in /

geothermal energy?
2. Is building a geothermal power A geothermal system is quite expensive
plant is much cheaper than solar to install. It necessitates digging in the
power plant. ground, sometimes a lot of digging, as
/ well as the installation of all the
necessary equipment to get it up and
running, which is both costly and time
intensive. Solar energy is substantially
less expensive and simpler to set up.
3. Is geothermal energy safer than /
most other energy sources?
4. Can the Philippines sustain its /
geothermal energy source?
5. Can we use Geothermal energy in /
our daily life?
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Room: STR - 9

Lesson 2
Generating Electricity from Geothermal Energy

What’s In

In the Philippines, geothermal energy is one of the sources used to generate electricity. The activity below will
help recall lesson 1 about geothermal energy and places where geothermal power plants were operated.

Activity 1. Modified True or False.

Write True if the statement is true. If it is False, change the underlined word or group of words to make it
correct.

Geothermal 1. Nuclear energy is energy from Earth’s internal heat.

True 2. Philippines ranked third in the world’s production of geothermal energy.

Heat 3. The Greek word geo refers to the Earth, and thermal means hot.

Pacific 4. Philippines is located along the Atlantic Ring of Fire, a zone of volcanos and volcanic activities.

True 5. A renewable energy source is one that can be replaced in a short period of time.

Volcano 6. The fumarole erupted suddenly, killing hundreds of people.

True 7. Many enjoys the water of a hot spring.

Laguna 8. Makiling-Banahaw (Mak-Ban) is located at North Cotabato.

Tiwi Geothermal Power 9. Bago Geothermal Power Plant is located at Albay.

True 10. Tongonan Geothermal Power Plant is located at Leyte.

Teacher: Mrs. Myra Tiangson
Room: STR - 9

What’s New
The geothermal power plant is not different with other existing power plants here in our country. It has the
same features lies on it.
Perform the activity below to learn the different components of a geothermal power plant.

ACTIVITY 1: WHAT’S INSIDE A GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT?

OBJECTIVE: After this activity, you should be able to identify the main components in a geothermal power
plant.

MATERIALS: pen and paper

PROCEDURE: Choose the word which is included to build a geothermal power plant. Draw a BOX (____)
inside of that word if it is part of the power plant.

1. FIRE

2. STEAM

3. WINDMILL

4. GENERATOR

5. WATERFALLS

6. TRANSFORMER

7. SOLAR

8. TURBINE

ACTIVITY 2: SEQUENCING STEPS for the OPERATION of GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT

OBJECTIVE: After this activity, you should be able to arrange the different steps to generate an electricity out
of the geothermal energy.

MATERIALS: pen and paper

PROCEDURE: Read each of the statement below and arrange the following steps on what comes first up to
the last through writing the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

__4___The electrical energy from the generator will travel to the transformer.
__1___Pumping the hot water from geothermal energy.
__5___Cold water is being pumped back again to the underground.
__2___Steam supplies the turbine causes to rotate.
__3___The generator produces electricity.
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Room: STR - 9

What’s More
ACTIVITY 3: TRACING THE WORK OF GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT

OBJECTIVE: After this activity, you should be able to trace the steps on how a geothermal power plant works
though a flow chart.

MATERIALS: pen and paper

DATA GATHERING: Complete the given flow chart by writing the answers inside each of the box. You may
refer on the choices below.

Cold water geothermal resource crystallizer-reactor steam

Transformer turbine generator pipelines injection well cooling station

geothermal pipelines steam

resource
pipelines

Transformer generator turbine

cooling
Cold water
station
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Room: STR - 9

What I Have Learned

Fill in the missing words below. Choose your answer inside the box.

start water powerlines electricity hot

turbine steam pipelines pumped generator

There are different steps involve in generating electricity from the geothermal energy.
First, the hot water is being pumped from the geothermal reservoir through pipelines.
This water will turn into steam as it reaches to the surface. From this process, it will
travel to a rotating device called Turbine which then connects to another device called
generator. And at this point, there is now a production of electricity. The transformer
will now supply the different powerlines. There are portions of steam that becomes
cold water because it passes through a cooling station. And it will be pumped again to
the geothermal reservoir to start a new process.
Teacher: Mrs. Myra Tiangson
Room: STR - 9

What I Can Do

Suppose you had found out that your father had inherited a large area of land which can be a great source of
geothermal energy. The local government had been negotiated already your father about the operation on
building a possible geothermal power plant on his inherited land. But your father wants to know more about
this power plant. Your task is to make an illustration/drawing how does the geothermal power plant works so
that your father will understand the whole process. And you will help him to decide. You can draw based from
what you had learned from this module. Use the space below for your illustration.

Geothermal Power Plants

To pump steam or hot water to the surface, geothermal power plants drill wells 1 or 2 miles down into the Earth. Because these are
sites where the Earth is very hot close beneath the surface, you're most likely to find one of these power plants in an area with a lot of
hot springs, geysers, or volcanic activity.

How It Works

1. Under tremendous pressure, hot

water is pumped from deep below
through a well.

2. The pressure of the water drops

as it approaches the surface, causing
it to convert into steam.

3. The steam turns a turbine, which

is connected to an electrical
generator.

4. In a cooling tower, the steam cools

and condenses back to water.

5. The cooled water is then pushed

back into the ground to restart the
process.
Teacher: Mrs. Myra Tiangson
Room: STR - 9

Assessment: (Post-Test)

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. D