Seismic Waves

Question 1

The deepest a drilling rig has ever penetrated, about 1/500th of the way to Earth’s center

Answer 1

12.3 km

Question 2

Result of a scientific drilling project of the Soviet Union in the Pechengsky District on the Kola Peninsula

Answer 2

Kola Superdeep Borehole

Question 3

When did Kola Superdeep Borehole began?

Answer 3

May 24, 1970

Question 4

What did they use to do the Kola Superdeep Borehole?

Answer 4

Uralmash-4E, and Uralmash-15000 after

Question 5

The deepest point of the Kola Superdeep Borehole that reached about 12,262 meters, and still considered the deepest artificial point on Earth

Answer 5

SG-3

Question 6

What are the body waves?

Answer 6

P-waves and S-waves

Question 7

How about surface waves?

Answer 7

Love waves and Rayleigh waves

Question 8

This waves travel through the interior of the Earth

Answer 8

Body waves

Question 9

Fastest seismic waves and are the first to be
detected once an earthquake has occurred, can travel through liquids and gases as well as through solids

Answer 9

P-waves

Question 10

Second fastest seismic waves and the second type to be detected once an earthquake has occurred, can travel only through solids

Answer 10

S-waves

Question 11

Waves that travel only at Earth’s surface

Answer 11

Surface waves

Question 12

• Combined effect of P- and S-waves on the earth’s surface
• Sometimes called rolling waves
• Rises up and sinks down in crests and troughs

Answer 12

Rayleigh waves

Question 13

• Sometimes called L-waves
• The surface shearing sideways

Answer 13

Love waves

Question 14

An English mathematician and physicist responsible for modeling Love waves

Answer 14

Augustus Love

Question 15

T or F

All surface waves travel slower than body waves and Rayleigh waves are slower than Love waves

Answer 15

TRUE