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Unit 2 Science
Unit 2 Science
INTERIOR
Introduction
In Module 1, you have learned about
the different processes and landforms
along plate boundaries that slowly
shaped the Earth’s surface.
In Module 2, you will learn the
Objectives:
Define seismic waves scientifically.
seismic waves.
Recognize the importance of
Wave
Direction
Epicenter
Fault
Focus
Types of Seismic Wave
Surface waves
Body Waves
Surface Waves
Rayleigh Waves
Love Wave
named after A.E.H. Love, a British
mathematician who worked out the
mathematical model for this kind of wave in
1911.
faster than Rayleigh wave
it moves the ground in a side-to-side
horizontal motion, like that of a snake’s
causing the ground to twist
cause the most damage to structures during
an earthquake.
Love Wave
Rayleigh Wave
2 types
P-Waves (Primary waves)
wave
it reaches a detector first
P-waves (Primary)
and gases
S-waves (Secondary/Shear)
15g cornstarch
2 small cups
Medicine dropper
Procedure:
Put 15 g cornstarch into one of the
beakers. Put 10 ml water into the other
beaker.
Add one drop full of water to the
liquid or gas?
Continue to add water to the mixture,
one drop full at a time. Stir the
mixture after each addition.
Stop adding water when the mixture
it.
Answer the ff. questions
mantle?
How does the plasticity of the earth’s
hardboiled egg/s
bread knife
used paper/newspaper
to work on
Activity 1C: Hard Boiled Earth
PROCEDURE:
1.Prepare the materials. (hardboiled
egg, bread knife, used paper to work
on)
2.Place used paper or newspaper on
your working area. Cut the egg into
halves using a knife or a cutter.
Procedure:
Objectives:
Describe the properties of
the layers of the Earth.
Tell the composition of the
layers of the Earth.
Did you know?
Continental Lithosphere
Oceanic
Moho
Root
Asthenosphere
Stanley, 1989, p. 14
Stanley, 1989, p. 14
Continental
mainly made up of silicon, oxygen,
aluminum, calcium, sodium, and
potassium
mostly 35-40 kilometers
granite
Oceanic
• GRANITE -crystalline
igneous rock
composed primarily of
quartz and feldspar.
• forms from slowly
cooling magma that
is subjected to
extreme pressures
deep beneath the
earth's.
The Crust: Oceanic
o
2000-5000 C
two layers:
the inner
the outer core.
Outer Core
scissors
old magazines
brown envelope