MODULAR ACTIVITY 12.

Shearing motion of P-waves cannot be transmitted through

OCTOBER 31 & NOVEMBER 3, 2023 a liquid. What happens to the P-waves when they are
approaching the molten part of the Earth’s interior?
Learning Task 1: Pre-Assessment Test A. become slower B. remains the same
Directions: Reach item carefully. Choose the letter of the best C. they disappear D. the velocity increases.
answer. 13. Which of the following earthquake waves can travel
For question numbers 1-3, refer to the picture on the side and through both solids and fluids?
answer the following questions. A.S-waves and P-waves B. P- waves only
C. S-waves only D. Body -waves
14. A typhoon (tropical cyclone) forms when winds blow into
areas of the ocean where the water is warm. Where did the
tropical cyclone form?
A. land B. middle of sea
C. near the land D. ocean
15. Where do most tropical cyclones or typhoons that hit the
Philippines form and develop?
A. In the region where the sky and the earth meet
B. Over the warm waters of the Pacific Oceans
1. What point along the fault where movements first occur? C. Over the mountains and land
A. epicenter B. focus D. Over the atmosphere
C. intensity D. magnitude 16. What gives a tropical cyclone its energy or power to keep
2. What point on the earth’s surface is directly above the going?
focus? A. Water vapor from the warm water of the Pacific Ocean
A. epicenter B. fault B. Particles of air rising above the warm water
C. intensity D. magnitude C. Sand and soil from land
3. Where does earthquake vibrations reach first? D. Energy of the sun
A. epicenter B. fault 17. Landmasses and bodies of water are major factors
C. intensity D. magnitude affecting typhoon. Which of the following is the effect of
4. Which of the following measures the extent of damage of landmasses on typhoon?
earthquake at a particular location? A. Land masses strengthen typhoons, causing them to
A. intensity B. epicenter dissipate if the land mass is large.
C. magnitude D. focus B. Land masses weaken typhoons, causing them to dissipate if
5. The area near the epicenter has greater energy available to the land mass is large.
move the ground. When earthquake occurs, where would the C. Land masses weaken typhoons, causing them to move if the
intensity be greatest? land mass is large.
A. near the focus D. Land masses weaken typhoons, causing them to go further
B. near the epicenter if the land mass is large.
C. away from the focus 18. Which body of water covers a large area of Philippine area
D. away from the epicenter of Responsibility to the development of typhoon that hits our
6. A tsunami is a series of enormous waves created by an country??
underwater disturbance. Which of the following terms is the A. Celebes Sea B. South China
cause of tsunami? C. Sulu Sea D. Pacific Ocean
A. earthquake B. typhoon 19. What happens to a tropical cyclone when it hits masses of
C. volcanic eruption D. A and C only land?
7. What happens when a tsunami approaches the coastal area? A. weakens and dies out
A. The wave hurries up and rises tall B. weakens and moves out
C. The wave races. C. gets stronger and dies out
B. The wave breaks down. D. gets stronger and sustain high wind pressure
D. It slows down and grows tall. 20. Typhoons move from east to west across the country,
8.Which of the following statements is true about tsunami? heading North as they go. All the following are location where
A. It's associated with tides. tropical storms most frequently landfall EXCEPT one?
B. It's a large moving ridge. A. Eastern Visayas
C. It's because of the upward movement of rock ashore. B. Bicol region
D. It's because of the upward movement of rock at the C. Northern Luzon
seafloor. D. Region of
9. How do earthquakes generate tsunami?
A. When a great earthquake ruptures.
B. When a great flood occurs.
C. When the seafloor abruptly deforms.
D. Both A and C
10. What can be generated by underwater earthquakes?
A. volcanic eruption B. landslide
C. tsunami D. tidal wave

11. Seismic waves tell us that the Earth’s interior consists of a

series of concentric shells, with a thin outer crust, a mantle, a
liquid outer core, and a solid inner core. In which of the
following layers of the Earth both P and S waves travel?
A. inner core B. outer core
C. mantle D. Crust