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Sound/Seismic Waves

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    Sound and Seismic waves
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  • What can surface waves only travel through?
    Earth's crest (surface)
  •  10
  • Are body waves faster or slower than p-waves?
    faster
  •  15
  • What happens after plates move?
    cause rock in Earth's crust to vibrate
  •  20
  • Where do the most intense earthquakes happen?
    Along the fault lines
  •  15
  • What are sound waves caused by?
    Vibration in a medium
  •  10
  • What happens after a guitar string is pushing and pulling on the air molecules around it
    It causes air molecules to vibrate.
  •  20
  • Mechanical waves can only travel through what?
    matter
  •  5
  • For a solid the molecules are _______ together so they travel more ________
    closer and quickly
  •  15
  • Love waves cause rock to move right to left or left to right?
    left to right
  •  20
  • Seismic waves can be separated into ________ and _________ waves.
    body and surface
  •  15
  • What is the s in s-waves stand for?
    shear waves
  •  20
  • Longituditinal waves cause ________ to compress and expand in the direction the wave is moving.
    matter
  •  5
  • What can't Mechanical waves travel through?
    vacuum and empty space
  •  15
  • Seismic waves travel within the Earth due to what?
    rocks breaking apart or an explosion on the surface
  •  10
  • Do surface waves travel through the Earth's interior or exterior?
    interior
  •  5
  • True or false: Mechanical waves can't travel through solids, liquids, or gases.
    False
  •  15
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