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What causes the ground to compress and expand?
the P wave
What are the fastest waves that compress and expand the ground like an accordion?
The fastest waves that compress and expand the ground like an accordion are primary waves (P-waves). These seismic waves are the first to arrive after an earthquake and travel through solids, liquids, and gases. They cause particles in the ground to move in the same direction as the wave itself, resulting in the compressional and expansion effects.
What is the movement of the ground in a p wave?
In a P-wave (primary wave), the ground moves back and forth in the direction of the wave propagation. This means that the particles in the ground compress and expand as the wave passes through them, creating a push-pull motion similar to a slinky being compressed and stretched.
What wave travels fastest through dense matter?
The primary wave (P-wave) travels fastest through dense matter such as solids. This is due to its ability to compress and expand the material it passes through, allowing it to propagate more quickly compared to other types of waves.
What type of wave is the fastest?
The fastest wave is the electromagnetic wave. Of the seismic waves, the P-wave is the fastest seismic wave.
What is the type of seismic wave that arrives at the surface first and moves by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion?
Those are the P-waves, which are the fastest and weakest.
What wave moves through the ground and causes it to compress and then expand?
The fastest waves shaking the ground like an accordeon (contraction and expansion) are the P waves. They have a global velocity of 5.5km/s in the crust while S waves moves at velocities around 3.2 km/s in the crust. Then you have surface waves (rayleigh and Love) which propagates only in the crust at velocities smaller than the S waves velocity.
What is the fastest the big wave or the small wave?
the middle wave!
What type of wave moves the fastest?
Light wave travels fastest in air Sound wave travels fastest in solid or liquid
What are the three seizmic waves?
The 3 seizmic waves are primary or P-wave, secondary or S-wave and surface or L-wave. P-waves expand and compress material. Particles around the wave vibrate and the P-wave is the fastest wave out of the 3. S-waves travel through the ground perpendicular to the forward motion. these waves are slower than P-waves and these waves travel through solids only! L-waves are the most desructive wave. once you know where this guy hits you know where the epicenter of an earthquake is. L-waves are the combination of P- and S-waves.
What earthquake waves is the fastest?
The first wave is the fastest
What is the fastest type of siesmic wave?
Primary Wave (P wave)
