SCIENCE 8 B.Name the following if it is ‘P-wave’ or ‘S-wave’.

QUIZ NO. 3

I. Multiple Choice. Multiple Choice. Write the correct letter on your

answer sheet.
1. Which layer of the earth contains rocks that are moving slowly but
continuously? 25. ______ 26. ______ 27. _______ 28. ____
A. Crust B. Mantle C. Inner core D. Outer core
2. What happens to the P-waves when they are approaching the molten IV.Enumeration.
part of the Earth’s interior?
A. become slower C. they disappear A.Use the words to enumerate that following.
B. remains the same D. the velocity increases Body Waves Primary Waves Secondary Waves
3. What do you call the region on Earth’s surface where a violent Rayleigh Waves Love Waves Surface Waves
earthquake is felt?
A. Crust B. Epicenter C. Focus D. Plate tectonic 2 Types of Seismic Waves
4. Which of the following seismic waves is detected first by the 29.
seismograph?
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A. L-waves B. P-waves C. R-waves D. S-waves
5. Which government agency in the Philippines monitors the earthquake? 2 Classifications of Body waves
A. DOST B. DENR C. NDRRMC D. PHIVOLCS 31.
6. Which part of the Earth is said to be solid? 32.
A. Crust B. Mantle C. Inner Core D. Outer Core 2 Types of Body Waves
7. Why is there an abrupt change in the speed of seismic waves as they 33.
travel inside the Earth? It is because seismic waves are ___________. 34.
A. colliding
B. overtaking the compressional waves IV. Label the different layers of Earth using the given figure below.
C. passing through a material with the same density Choose your answer from the given choices inside the box
D. going into a material with different properties and densities
below.
8. What type of seismic waves that can travel through crust?
A. Body B. Primary C. Secondary D. Surface
9. Which kind of waves does NOT travel through a liquid? A. Layers of the Earth according to its composition
A. Love B. Primary C. Secondary D. Surface
10. Which statement is true about P and S waves?
A. P waves and S waves are the same. 35.
B. P waves are the slower waves that arrive second at the seismic
station after S waves.
C. P waves are the fastest waves that arrive first at the seismic
station before S waves. 36.
D. P waves are the primary waves that move side to side as they
travel from the earthquakes focus.

II. Identification. Identify the word/s being described using the jumbled
letters.
11. It is the shaking of the ground. AAEEUHKQRT
12. It is a wave produce by a sudden movement of an underwater fault. 37.
AIUMNST
13. It is just sea-surface waves. IDNW AEVSW
14. It is another tern used to describe earthquake waves. EIICMSS
AESVW
15. It is vibrations that travel in the interior of the earth. BDOY AVEWS
16. It is vibrations that travel in the surface of the earth. AECFUSR
VWEAS
17. It is the outer most layer of the earth. CSUTR
18. It is composed of crust and uppermost part of the mantle. B. Layers of the Earth according to its physical compositions
OLHITSHPEER
19. It is where the seismic waves slow down that indicate here has a
very high temperature. TSEAOHNHSPEER
20. It is area in the Earth’s surface where seismic activity cannot detect.
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SAOHWD EZNO
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III. Illustration.
A.Write 1, 2, 3 and 4 to arrange the illustrations on how underwater
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earthquakes generate tsunamis.
2
1 .

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____________ 22. _____________

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2
3 .

____________ 24. _____________ Asthenosphere Mantle Lithosphere

Crust Lower Mantle Core
Inner Core Outer Core