EARTH SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE
SExplain how earthquake
waves provide information
about the interior of Erath
ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
Why isHow did studying
it important to study
earthquake
the waves help by
generated in an
unraveling information on
earthquake?
Earth’s interior?
 QUESTI
What are
ONS
SEISMIC
What WAVES?
are the types of
SEISMIC WAVES?
SEISMIC
Are waves of energy
WAVES
from an earthquake
that travels through
Earth layers
SEISMIC
WAVES
BODY WAVES
SURFACE
CanCan
WAVES travel
only
through Earth’s
penetrate rocks at
interior
shallow depths
 What are the
classifications of
BODY WAVES
 PRIMARY
WAVES
Are
It can travel
LONGITUDINAL
through SOLIDS,
WAVES where
LIQUIDS, AND
 SECONDARY
WAVES
Are TRANSVERSE
It can only travel
WAVE whether the
through SOLID
direction of the particle
MATERIALS
 What are the
classifications of
SURFACE WAVES
 love
WAVES
Travel in SIDE-
BY-SIDE motion
 Rayleigh
Travel in an
WAVES
ELLIPTICAL
MOTION and it is
By examining the
Only BODY
velocities of the
WAVES
PRIMARY and are used
in studying
SECONDARY
Earth’s internal
WAVES, scientist were
structure
able to determine the
 These
CRUST
BODY
Lastly,
As these
Through can
is
the be
the
WAVES
waves
studyingclassified
outermost
were
innermost
travel
these
PRIMARY
Only the
During
The BODY WAVE
earthquakes,
next WAVES
layer can
used
through
waves, to
layer as
rockyofBODY
Earth’s layer.
differentiate
Earth
scientists is
interior,
were its
travel
are
SEISMIC
MANTLE in
used all
totypes
WAVES study
which of
areis
the WAVES
parts
composed
WAVES
able since
to ,which
of they
LIQUID
change
identify can
can
to and
media
Earth’s
produced.
composed while
internalof
penetrate
these selectively
OUTER
waves through
and
differentiate travel
SOLID
REFRACT.
the the
SECONDARY
PARTIALLYstructure. WAVE
MOLTEN
interior, and SURFACE