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