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The P-wave which is a form of body wave known as a compression or longitudinal wave.
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Where do mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves travel fastest?
Mechanical waves travel fastest in mechanically-most-dense media. Electromagnetic waves travel fastest in optically-least-dense media.
What is the fastest of the seismic waves?
p waves aka primary waves
Do sound waves trave their fastest in solids?
Yes. Sound waves travel fastest through solids.
Which type of wave travels the fastest?
Electromagnetic waves travel the fastest, at the speed of light in a vacuum, 3.0 x 108 m/s.
What is the fastest way to send information using sound waves light waves or water waves?
Light waves
What are siesmic waves used for?
Siesmic waves are the propogation through the ground of any energy, such as sound waves or impact forces.
What are the waves that cause am earthquake?
Siesmic
What is the difference between a siesmic wave and a seismograph?
a siesmic wave is a wave that travels through the earth. there are two MAIN types, P and S waves. a siesmograph shows the type of wave and how far away it is from that point.
How do you have earthquakes?
siesmic waves are sent and an earthquake happens.
What unit are siesmic waves measured in?
They are measured on the Richter scale.
What is the fastest type of siesmic wave?
Primary Wave (P wave)
What three types of siesmic waves are formed by earthquakes?
Transverse, longitudinal, love, and Rayleigh - just to name a few (there's more than three...)
What are the major causes of damage in an earthquake?
Viberations caused by the Siesmic waves,
What is a instrument that records ground movements caused by siesmic waves?
A Seismograph
Geologists learn about Earths interior using indirect evidence from?
Geologists have used two main types of evidence to learn about Earth's interior: direct evidence from rock samples and indirect evidence from siesmic waves.
Which seismic waves travel the fastest?
Primary (P) waves are the fastest. Followed by secondary (S) waves, then surface waves. P waves
Are surface waves the fastest seismic waves?
No, they are in fact the slowest! The fastest seismic waves are P-waves.
