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What is another word for seismic waves?
Another word for seismic waves is tremors.
What happens to the total energy in a seismic wave as the wave grows increasingly larger?
The total energy in a seismic wave remains constant as the wave grows larger. The energy is spread out over a larger area, resulting in lower energy concentration at any specific point.
What is a wave of energy that is released when land moves suddenly?
A seismic wave.
What is it called when a seismic wave bounces backward as it reaches a boundary?
Answer: When a seismic wave 'bounces backward' and reaches a boundary, it is called Reflection. Explanation: The seismic waves are the result of the landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, explosions by humans
What is the fastest seismic wave that moves back and forth?
The fastest seismic wave that moves back and forth is the P-wave, or primary wave. P-waves are compressional waves that travel through solids, liquids, and gases and are the first to be detected during an earthquake. They move by causing particles in the material they travel through to vibrate in the same direction as the wave's propagation.
What can locate a seismic wave?
A seismograph can locate a seismic wave.
What seismic wave causes the most damage?
Seismic wave
Why don't we call tsunamis ''seismic waves''?
Because a seismic wave is something else. Seismic waves are waves sent through the earth as part of the earthquake itself. A tsunami is an ocean wave generated by water being displaced.
What does the center of each earthquake circle represent?
It represent the seismic wave focus centerThe center of each circle is a seismograph's location.
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.
How do you stop a seismic wave?
You need a shotgun and shoot the wave and that's how you stop a seismic wave
Are shear waves and seismic waves the same?
A shear wave is a type of seismic wave.
Which earthquake wave is not a seismic wave?
the sound wave
Which type of a wave is a surface wave?
a seismic wave
Can there be a seismic wave without having an earthquake?
It is possible to have a seismic wave without having an earthquake. Any wave moving through the ground is a seismic wave, and all earthquakes are seismic waves. But seismic waves can be created by volcanic action, landslides, meteor strikes or the like. Though all earthquakes are seismic waves, not all seismic waves are earthquakes.
What is a seismic wave that causes particules of rock to vibrate in the same direction which the wave is moving?
That would be a P-wave or Primary wave which is a longitudinal seismic wave.
What is a seismic wave that travels through Earth Interior?
A body wave is a seismic wave that travels through Earths interior.
