Seismic Waves gago Flashcards
1
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A wave of acoustic energy that travels through the earth
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Seismic Waves
2
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Two types of seismic waves
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Primary waves
Secondary waves
3
Q
The fastest kind of seismic waves
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P- wave/Primary wave
4
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Slower than P-wave and can move through solid rock up and down or side to side. Cannot travel in the outer core
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S-wave/Secondary wave
5
Q
Most damaging among the building during the Earthquake
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L-wave/Love wave
6
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An instrument that is used to record the motion of the ground during the earthquake
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Seismograph
7
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Graphical record of an earthquake
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Seismograph
8
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Slowest among the waves
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Rayleigh waves
