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P -waves travel faster because the movement of them, it is a back and forth motion while S- waves are a side to side expending more energy.
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What is a type of wave that travels through earth's interior?
A seismic wave, or an earthquake.
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.
Is sound the fastest speed possible?
No!...Speed of light is the fastest speed possible, but now a new particle called lepton is more faster than light...rather it is has the fastest speed discovered till now.It travels in the same wave as light travels i.e tranverse waves.
What do p waves indicate during an earthquake?
A P-wave travels through the inner earth and records conspicuous waves within.
What type of wave moves the fastest?
Light wave travels fastest in air Sound wave travels fastest in solid or liquid
What earthquake waves is the fastest?
The first wave is the fastest
Which earthquake waves are the fastest?
P wave
What sound wave travels fastest?
solids
What travels in a straight line and travels the fastest?
Light the electromagnetic wave.
What is a type of wave that travels through earth's interior?
A seismic wave, or an earthquake.
What is a wave of energy that travels through earth away from an earthquake?
A seismic wave.
Which type of wave travels the fastest?
Electromagnetic waves travel the fastest, at the speed of light in a vacuum, 3.0 x 108 m/s.
What type of earthquake wave travels in a push and pull movement?
The Primary or P-wave which is a type of compression or longitudinal wave travels with a push and pull movement.
Seismic wave?
the energy released by an earthquake that travels in all direction from the focus
A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave is?
Seismic. Waves. Earthquake.
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.
