Water has a higher density than rock.
-Gordon Crocker
seismic waves
The evidence is largely from the way that seismic waves travel through the earth after an earthquake.(:
Seismic waves traveling through the inner core go faster than those through the outer core.
Generally everywave will travel the fastest through solids. These waves include sound, and other vibrational waves. But Electro Magnetic Radiation wave along with light will slow down and can very well change direction mid stream. They travel quite fast through slate
To my knowledge, there is not known to be an empty space in the mantle. Earthquake seismic waves travel through the Earth in different ways as they change from crust to mantle. Such a void would have probably been detected by now, as the waves would NOT travel through a void - they travel through solids and liquids (but not the solid of the Earth's core).
seismic wave travels faster through solid rock and slower through water, but i dont know why!
Mechanical waves (like seismic waves) will travel faster through a solid than a liquid.
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.
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.
Seismic waves travel faster when they travel through the core
why can s-wave can't travel but p-waves can
Seismic waves travel faster when they travel through the core
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.
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.
Solid, because that kind of wave goes fastest through solids
sound travel faster through soled because of tighter packed particles