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If a rock is dropped in water and waves spread over the flat surface of the water What becomes of the energy in these waves when they die out?
It ultimately turns into heat.
How would you find the volume of a stone by using water displacement?
Place a rock in a container, add water, and record the volume.Pour an unknown amount of water into a glass container, add the rock, and note the water level; the unknown amount of water plus the weight of the rock is the volume of the rock.Pour a known amount of water into a glass container, add the rock, and note the new water level; the difference in water levels is the volume of the rock.Water displacement will not work.
What are seismic waves that moves rock particles at right angels to the direction of the wave?
P or Primary waves are longitudinal waves that move rock particles back and forth in the same direction that the wave travels.
What do waves make when they break rock into tiny pieces?
waves smash against cliffs to make sand.
Describe the different types of earthquake waves?
Types of Seismic WavesEarthquake shaking and damage is the result of three basic types of elastic waves. Two of the three propagate within a body of rock. The faster of these body waves is called the primary or P wave. Its motion is the same as that of a sound wave in that as it spreads out; it alternately pushes (compresses) and pulls (dilates) the rock. These P waves are able to travel through both solid rock, such as granite mountains, and liquid material, such as volcanic magma or the water of the oceans.The slower wave through the body of rock is called the secondary or S wave. As an S wave propagates, it shears the rock sideways at right angles to the direction of travel. If a liquid is sheared sideways or twisted, it will not spring back, hence S waves cannot propagate in the liquid parts of the earth, such as oceans and lakes.The actual speed of P and S seismic waves depends on the density and elastic properties of the rocks and soil through which they pass. In most earthquakes, the P waves are felt first. The effect is similar to a sonic boom that bumps and rattles windows. Some seconds later, the S waves arrive with their up-and-down and side-to-side motion, shaking the ground surface vertically and horizontally. This is the wave motion that is so damaging to structures.The third general type of earthquake wave is called a surface wave, reason being is that its motion is restricted to near the ground surface. Such waves correspond to ripples of water that travel across a lake.Surface waves in earthquakes can be divided into two types. The first is called a Love wave. Its motion is essentially that of S waves that have no vertical displacement; it moves the ground from side to side in a horizontal plane but at right angles to the direction of propagation. The horizontal shaking of Love waves is particularly damaging to the foundations of structures.The second type of surface wave is known as a Rayleigh wave. Like rolling ocean waves, Rayleigh waves wave move both vertically and horizontally in a vertical plane pointed in the direction in which the waves are traveling.Surface waves travel more slowly than body waves (P and S); and of the two surface waves, Love waves generally travel faster than Rayleigh waves. Love waves (do not propagate through water) can effect surface water only insofar as the sides of lakes and ocean bays pushing water sideways like the sides of a vibrating tank, whereas Rayleigh waves, because of their vertical component of their motion can affect the bodies of water such as lakes.P and S waves have a characteristic which effects shaking: when they move through layers of rock in the crust, they are reflected or refracted at the interfaces between rock types. Whenever either wave is refracted or reflected, some of the energy of one type is converted to waves of the other type. A common example; a P wave travels upwards and strikes the bottom of a layer of alluvium, part of its energy will pass upward through the alluvium as a P wave and part will pass upward as the converted S-wave motion. Noting also that part of the energy will also be reflected back downward as P and S waves.See the related Wikipedia link listed below for more information:
What causes waves in the rock layers?
depending on the rock. sedimentary rocks are formed under water and may have water wave ripples. metamorphic rock has been pressed into waves. igneous rocks flowed in waves
How has the twelve apostles been affected by erosion?
the waves eventually wash away the rock particles
What is the agent of rock particles that wear away rock?
Water, Waves, Glacier and Wind.
Why does a seismic waves travel faster through solid rock than through water?
Seismic waves travels faster through solid rock than water because their speed depends on the density and composition of material that they pass through.Solid rock is denser than water, hence the energy from seismic waves transfer faster through solid rock than in water.
Is water the medium for earthquake waves?
No. Seismic waves travel through rock and sediment.Sea waves (tsunamis) are not generated by earthquake vibrations, but by the displacement of ocean water, which leads to the formation of waves when the crest reaches shallower water.
If a rock is dropped in water and waves spread over the flat surface of the water What becomes of the energy in these waves when they die out?
It ultimately turns into heat.
How could you find the volume of a small rock using only a graduated cylinder and rock?
Note the level of water in the graduated cylinder. Place the rock into the water carefully. Note the higher level to which the water rises. The difference between the old level and the new level is the volume displaced by the rock.
How do waves change to cause water to erode water along a shoreline?
As the waves roll in more and more, the rock or mineral weakens and soon erodes down. It makes the rock thinner and less dense.
What is shuckle affected to in emerald?
Shuckle is a Bug and Rock type pokemon its weaknesses are: Water, and Rock.
Do waves occur only in water?
Waves can occur in any liquid. Waves can also be propagated through rock, during an earthquake, and the same mathematics that describes water waves also describes waves in electromagnetic energy such as light or radio.
What is this science definition. Sixth grade level. Water that runs along the shore caused by waves colliding with the shore at slight angle?
either erosion, the act of moving broken rock/sand, or weathering, the actual breaking of rock
Where earthquake waves travel faster whether in rock or water?
Faster in rock. the higher the density, the higher the speed.
