STUDYING

THE
EARTH’S
INTERIOR
Prepared by: Ms. Maybelle Tejada
OBJECTIVES
• Define seismic waves
scientifically
• Recognize the importance
of seismic waves in the
study of the earths’ interior
• Observe different types of
seismic waves
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1.Transform Fault boundary
Plates that are sliding past
each other
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2. Hot Spot
Oceanic hotspots are the surface expression
of rising mantle plumes from the Earth's
interior and are responsible for much of the
intraplate volcanism observed in the ocean
basins.
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3. Hawaiian Island
Island that formed above pacific plate due to
presence of hotspot
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word
SIESMIC WAVE
SURFACE WAVE
BODY WAVE
Watch and learn…
After watching the short
clip, you are expected to
answer this questions…
Q1. What is seismic waves?
Q2.What is the 2 types of seismic
waves
Q3. What is Body Wave
Q4. What are P-waves and S-waves
Q5.What is surface waves
Q6. What are the two types of surface
waves
Q1. What is seismic waves?
Q2.What is the 2 types of seismic
waves
Q3. What is Body Wave
Q4. What are P-waves and S-waves
Q5.What is surface waves
Q6. What are the two types of surface
waves
 SIESMIC WAVE
energy that
radiates in all
direction from
focus in the
form of waves due
to earthquake
SIESMIC WAVE

• SEISMOGRAPH
Q1. What is seismic waves?
Q2.What is the 2 types of seismic
waves
Q3. What is Body Wave
Q4. What are P-waves and S-waves
Q5.What is surface waves
Q6. What are the two types of surface
waves
SIESMIC WAVE

• HAVE 2 TYPES
-Body waves
-Surface waves
Q1. What is seismic waves?
Q2.What is the 2 types of seismic
waves
Q3. What is Body Wave
Q4. What are P-waves and S-waves
Q5.What is surface waves
Q6. What are the two types of surface
waves
 BODY WAVE
•Travel
through
Earth’s inner
layers
 BODY WAVE
•Used by scientists to
study Earths interior
•Have higher frequency
•P-waves and S-waves
Q1. What is seismic waves?
Q2.What is the 2 types of seismic
waves
Q3. What is Body Wave
Q4. What are P-waves and S-waves
Q5.What is surface waves
Q6. What are the two types of surface
waves
 Primary WAVE
•Compressional
waves
•Faster
•Reach deterctor first
 Primary WAVE
•Travel
on
solid,
liquid
 Primary WAVE
•Backward and
forward movement
•Make ground
compress and
 Secondary WAVE
•Travel on solids only
•Slower
•Transverse waves
 Secondary WAVE
•Rolling
motion
•Back
and
 Secondary WAVE
•Perpendicular to the
direction of the
earthquake
 Secondary WAVE
•Led seismologist
conclude that the
outer core is liquid
SEISMIC WAVES MAIN TYPES
Body waves SURFACE WAVES

sub-types sub-types

P-WAVES ?

S-WAVES ?
Q1. What is seismic waves?
Q2.What is the 2 types of seismic
waves
Q3. What is Body Wave
Q4. What are P-waves and S-waves
Q5.What is surface waves
Q6. What are the two types of surface
waves
 SURFACE WAVE
TYPE OF SIESMIC
WAVE THAT CAN
TRAVEL ONLY
THROUGH EARTH’S
SURFACE.
 SURFACE WAVE
•Arrive after P&S
waves
SURFACE WAVE
Q1. What is seismic waves?
Q2.What is the 2 types of seismic
waves
Q3. What is Body Wave
Q4. What are P-waves and S-waves
Q5.What is surface waves
Q6. What are the two types of surface
waves
 LOVE WAVES
•A.E.H Love
•Faster than Rayleigh
waves
•Move side to side
 LOVE WAVES
•Cause
most
damage
LOVE WAVES
 RAYLEIGH WAVES
•John William Strutt
•Predicted the
existence of waves in
1885
 RAYLEIGH WAVES
•Roll along the grounds
•Up and down motion
•Shaking we felt
RAYLEIGH WAVES
 SUMMARY

SIESMIC WAVE
Why do we need to study
the seismic waves ?
“ knowing how the waves
behave as they move
through different
materials, it enables us to
learn about the layers
that make up earth”
DIRECTION: Write the
necessary information to
complete the concept about
seismic waves. 5 minutes will
be given to finish the chart
 SEISMIC WAVES

1. MAIN TYPES
DEFINITION
3. 3.
sub-types sub-types
4. 6.
5. 7.
REFERENCES

Acosta, H. D. , et al., (2015). Plate Tectonics.Science Learners' Material 10 (1st ed.,

pp. 26–27). essay, Department of Education.