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What is a seismic wave that travels along the earth's surface?
There are two types of wave that travel along Earth's surface and they are known broadly as surface waves. These are:Love wavesRayleigh waves
Which wave is a body wave?
A body wave is a seismic wave that moves through the interior of the earth, as opposed to surface waves that travel near the earth's surface. P and S waves are body waves. Each type of wave shakes the ground in different ways.
Why do earthquake waves travel fast in the crust but slowest in the interior of the earth?
Earthquake waves travel fastest in the interior of the Earth, as speed of waves increases as we go inside the Earth. The speed of a wave depends on the properties of the medium it travels in. The wave propagates faster in the denser and heavier core.
What type of seismic wave arrives after an earthquake?
A seismic wave travels through the Earth's layers, after a volcano, explosion, or earthquake. Transverse, compressional, longitude, and shear waves are all types of seismic waves after earthquakes.
How are surfaces different from body waves?
A body wave is a seismic wave that moves through the interior of the earth, as opposed to surface waves that travel near the earth's surface. P and S waves are body waves. Each type of wave shakes the ground in different ways.
What is a wave that only can travel through matter?
A wave of kinetic energy requires a medium to travel though.
What type of seismic wave can travel through the interior of the earth?
Body wave
How have seismic wave studies helped scientists determine the structure of Earth's interior?
The speed of the waves that travel through the interior can tell the density of each layer of the Earth. Some waves can make it through certain layers, but not others.
Why a sound wave can't travel from a satellite to earth?
A sound wave can not travel from a satellite to earth because there is not an atmosphere in space. The sound wave has no way off traveling through the air because there isn't any air.
What kind of waves can travel through earth and along earths surface?
The wave that can travel through earth and along earths surface is a SEISMIC wave.
What are two types of seismic waves that travel through earth's interior?
The two types of seismic waves that travel through the Earth are P and S waves. The P wave means primary wave and the S wave is secondary. The wave that travels around the Earth's crust is the L wave, which stands for the Love wave.Hope this helps :)
What are the four kinds of waves that travel through the earth involved with earthquakes?
The Primary wave, the secondary wave, the surface wave, and the seismic wave
What wave can travel though space where there is no matter?
electromagnetic and gravitational waves
What layer of the earth will a seismic wave travel trough faster?
The mantle
Which type of seismic waves travel through earth?
A Body Wave.
What does a medium seismic wave travel through?
Seismic waves are vibrations generated by an earthquake. They travel along the surface of the Earth and through the earth. They are a type of wave known as a mechanical wave and as such (unlike electromagnetic waves) require a medium through which to travel. Seismic waves can be split into body and surface waves. The body waves can be split into two main types, the P-wave or primary wave which is a compression or longitudinal wave which can travel through solids, liquids and gasses and the S-wave which is a transverse or shear wave and can only travel through solids.
Why can't S-wave travel through earth's core?
S waves cannot travel through liquid. The Earth's core is liquid.
