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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 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 is the fastest type of siesmic wave?

Primary Wave (P wave)


What are p and s waveswhich one moves faster and ehat types of material can each go through?

The p wave is a pressure wave after a earthquake and it travels the fastest. An s wave is a wave that moves side to side and is second fastest. Bouth types of waves can go though all material but at different speeds. The denser the material the faster is gose generally. The last wave type is a L wave and it is a rolling wave that is also the slowest wave.


What type of energy wave moves the fastest?

Some kinds of waves move at the speed of light - notably light itself, and other electromagnetic waves.


What type of wave moves through matter and vibrates your eardrums?

The type of wave that moves through matter and vibrates your eardrums is called a sound wave.


What type of ocean wave moves the fastest?

Tsunamis are the fastest ocean waves, traveling across the ocean at speeds of up to 500-600 miles per hour. This is much faster than wind-generated waves or currents.


What type of seismic wave arrives at the surface first and moves by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion?

The type of seismic wave that arrives at the surface first and moves by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion is called a primary wave or P-wave. P-waves are the fastest seismic waves and are capable of traveling through solids, liquids, and gases.


What is a p wave?

A P wave is a type of seismic wave generated by an earthquake that travels the fastest through the Earth's layers. It is the first wave to arrive at a seismograph station and is known as a compressional wave because it pushes and pulls the rock particles as it moves.


What type of wave does the snake body make as the snake moves?

A snake's body make a transverse wave as the snake moves forward.


What is the fastest type of seismic wave?

The fastest type of seismic wave is the primary wave, or P-wave. P-waves are compressional waves that travel through solids, liquids, and gases, and they are the first waves to arrive at a seismograph during an earthquake.