Sci Long Quiz

The earth is made up of three layers

This energy radiates in all directions from the focus in the form of waves called

Seismic waves are recorded in?

Two main types of seismic waves

_______ can only travel on the surface of the earth. They arrive after the main P and S waves and are confined to the outer layers of the earth.

Two types of surface waves

Love wave is named after _._._. ____, a british mathematician who worked out the mathematical model for this kind of wave in ____

It is faster than Rayleigh waves and it moves the ground in a side-to-side horizontal motion, like that of a snake's causing the ground to twist

This is why ________ cause the most damage to structures during an earthquake

Rayleigh wave was named after _________________, who mathematically predicted the existence of this kind of wave in ____

A _________ rolls along the ground just like a wave rolls across a lake or an ocean.

Most of the shaking felt from an earthquake is due to

Unlike surface waves, ____________ can travel through the earth's inner layers.

They are used by scientists to study the earth's interior. These waves are  of higher frequency than the surface waves

Two types of body waves