Earth's Interior

What are the two types of seismic waves?

• Body waves and surface waves
• Tidal waves and Tsunamis
• Rayleigh waves and Love waves
• Primary waves and secondary waves

What are the two types of body waves?

• Z-waves
• Y-waves
• X-waves
• P-waves and S-waves

What produces seismic waves?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanic eruptions
• Tectonic plate movement
• Meteor showers

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which seismic wave can travel through the Earth?

• X-waves and Y-waves
• Z-waves and Q-waves
• R-waves and T-waves
• P-waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which seismic wave can travel to the mantle, not the outer core (liquid iron)?

• S-waves
• Surface waves
• P-waves
• Love waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which seismic wave only travel on the Earth surface?

• Love waves
• Secondary waves
• Surface waves
• Primary waves

what are the two types of surface waves?

• P-wave and S-wave
• Surface A waves and Surface B waves
• Rayleigh waves and Love waves
• Primary waves and Secondary waves

which seismic wave refracts and cannot penetrate the core?

• Primary waves (P-waves)
• Surface waves
• Love waves
• Secondary waves (S-waves)

which seismic wave can penetrate the core but refracts?

• Love waves
• Primary waves (P-waves)
• Surface waves
• Secondary waves (S-waves)

which is faster s-waves, or p-waves?

• P-waves
• Q-waves
• T-waves
• S-waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1