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Are p-waves compression waves which push the crust together and pull it apart as they travel?
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Yes! P-waves are indeed compression or longitudinal waves which push the crust together and pull it apart as they travel. They are also able to travel through liquids and gasses, unlike S-waves (shear or transverse waves) which can only travel through solids.
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Compare the way that compression affects the crust to the way that tension affects the crust?
compression and tension are opposite. compression pushes the crust together but tension pulls it apart
Compression is part of a medium where particles are?
bungholes are far apart
Are faults caused by tension or compression?
yes tension pulls the rocks apart which produces expanding faultscompression pushes the rocks together which produces crushing faultsshear slides the rocks past each other which produces slipping faults
What is a part of a compressional wave where the particles are far apart?
A rarefaction., in contrast to a compression.
Describe two types of stress that deform rocks?
Compression (that acts to decrease an objects volume by squashing it together), Tension (which acts to increase an objects volume by pulling it apart) and a bonus Shear which acts in opposite directions on opposite sides of an object to make the two halves slide past each other.
Area in which sound waves are pushed together?
This question is misguided. It is not the sound waves which are apart, but the particles of the medium. A place where the particles are further apart is called a rarefaction. Where they are crowded together is called a compression.
Why was the crack an effect of tension and not compression stress?
A crack is caused by tension not compression because tension pulls matter apart while compression pushes matter together
Compare the way that compression affects the crust to the way that tension affects the crust?
compression and tension are opposite. compression pushes the crust together but tension pulls it apart
What is the distances between compression and rarefaction of longitudinal wave?
Compression is the areas where the particles are closer together. Rarefaction is the areas where the particles are stretched apart.
What is the crowding together of molecules called?
a compression wave is the crowding of molecules a rarefaction is spread apart molecules
What is the part of the longitudinal wave where the particles are close together called?
Compression is the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are crowded together. Rarefaction is the part where the particles are spread apart.
What is happening during compression?
Mountains form and push apart the Earth's crust.
What are the areas of a sound wave where the molecules in the medium are packed closer together?
Type your answer here... this is called a compression, and when they are spread apart it is called a rarefaction
How did the brazilian east coast range form?
because of the compression boundary. they form when the compression boundary is pushed together to the end. the fault is strike slip which helps because it helps move the plates together. the stress is the normal stress which helps bring the plates apart.
What is the difference between compression and tension how does it affect the bridge?
Compression is pushing things together and tension is pulling things apart. A clothesline is under tension and a stack of firewood is under compression. How it affects the bridge depends on how well it is engineered. Properly built it'll hold up to its various loads w/o problems,
What are longitudenal waves?
They are Waves that vibrate particles back and forth like this :::::: : : : : : : ::::::: : : : : :::::::: : : : : :::::::: : : : : ::::::: The ones close together are called compression the ones further apart are called rarefaction.
Compression is part of a medium where particles are?
bungholes are far apart
