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4 November, 06:48

A seismogram shows that P waves travel

a. at the same speed as surface waves.

b. more slowly than S waves.

c. at the same speed as S waves.

d. faster than S waves.

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  1. 4 November, 07:02
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    A seismogram shows that P waves travel faster than S waves. The answer is letter D. This is because P waves can push and pull the sound waves through a liquid or solid medium. The S wave can only move to the solid medium and solids have more compact molecules than the liquid so it travels slow.
  2. 4 November, 07:34
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    A seismogram shows that P waves travel faster than S waves. The answer is letter D. This is because P waves can push and pull the sound waves through a liquid or solid medium. The S wave can only move to the solid medium and solids have more compact molecules than the liquid so it travels slow.

    Explanation:

    Because P waves are the fastest seismic waves, they will ordinarily be the original 1 that your seismograph records. The following set of seismic waves on your seismogram will be the S waves. These are normally higher than the P waves. Often they are the only waves filmed a long distance from medium-sized earthquakes.
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