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What waves go through the earth's atmosphere?
Elastic waves, particularly sound waves and seismic waves, can travel through the Earth's atmosphere. Sound waves propagate through the air, while seismic waves are generated by earthquakes and travel through the Earth's crust and mantle.
What type of wave is an S wave?
An S-wave is a type of seismic wave in an earthquake.In an S-wave, the medium is displaced in a transverse (up and down - compared to the line of travel) way, and the medium must shear or "move away" from the material right next to it to cause the shear and transmit the wave.S waves are secondary waves that vibrate from side and side as well as up and down. S waves shake buildings violently and cannot move through liquids.See the related questions and related link to Wikipedia for additional information.s-waves are secondary waves first come primary wave the secondary wave and then surface wave.
What type of earth quake wave can travel through both liquids and solids?
p-waves, they travel parallel to the earthquake and are the only waves that go through the outer core, which is supposedly consisting of liquid nickel and iron.
The waves of energy that an earthquake produces?
Earthquakes produce "seismic" waves. These can be split into two main types: Body Waves and Surface Waves. Body waves consist of P-waves (compression or longitudinal waves) and S-waves (shear or transverse waves). P-waves can go through solid, liquid, and gas forms but S waves can only travel through solids. The P waves reach seismic stations quicker than S waves as they travel at a greater speed. Surface waves travel more slowly than Body waves and there are two main types: The Rayleigh and Love wave.
How are primary and secondary waves similar?
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Will seismic wave traveling through a solid go faster or slower than a seismic wave traveling through liquid why or why not?
why can s-wave can't travel but p-waves can
Will a seismic wave traveling through solid go faster or slower than a seismic wave traveling through liquid?
Mechanical waves (like seismic waves) will travel faster through a solid than a liquid.
Will a seismic wave go faster through a liquid or a solid?
Solid, because that kind of wave goes fastest through solids
Which seismic wave can go through both solid and liquid?
Primary waves (P-waves) are the seismic waves that can travel through both solid and liquid materials. They are the fastest seismic waves and can travel through the Earth's interior, passing through both solid and liquid layers.
Will a seismic wave traveling through a solid go faster or slower than a seismic wave traveling through liquid?
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.
Will a seismic wave travelling through a solid go faster or slower than a seismic wave travelling through liquid?
The velocity of seismic waves is controlled by the density and elastic properties of the material through which they travel. Solids tend to have larger elastic modulii than fluids. As the speed of a seismic wave increases as the elastic modulii increase, this means that they tend to travel faster through solids.
How does Earth solid core affect seismic waves?
They go faster through the inner core than the liquid outer core.
How does earths inner core affect seismic waves?
They go faster through the inner core than the liquid outer core
What waves go through the earth's atmosphere?
Elastic waves, particularly sound waves and seismic waves, can travel through the Earth's atmosphere. Sound waves propagate through the air, while seismic waves are generated by earthquakes and travel through the Earth's crust and mantle.
How do scientists find out about the inner core of earth?
Back in the early 1900s, two seismologists, Sir Harold Jeffreys and Keith Edward Bullen, made a series of travel-time curves that show how long it takes for different seismic waves to travel certain distances in through the earth. These curves show a general velocity through the earth. Seismic waves from an earthquake go through the earth in a push-pull, or sine wave motion (vertically and horizontally). These seismic waves reflect off of, refract off of, or speed up through different layers in the earth that have large changes in density. These velocities are used to determine approximate thicknesses of layers within the Earth, as distance (or thickness) = velocity*time.
What seismic wave that can't go through liquids?
S waves (secondary waves) cannot pass through liquids because they rely on shear stress to propagate, which is not possible in fluid environments. This property of S waves is used to help determine the liquid content of the Earth's interior.
How have scientist determined that the outer core of earth is liquid?
Scientists have determined that the outer core of Earth is liquid through seismic wave analysis. By studying the behavior of seismic waves as they pass through the Earth, scientists have found that S-waves are unable to travel through the outer core, indicating that it is liquid. This information has been crucial in our understanding of Earth's structure and dynamics.
