Physics: Seismic Waves

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GCSE Physics (Core Physics) Quiz on Physics: Seismic Waves, created by Blgr64 on 02/05/2015.
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Question 1

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What do Earthquakes Cause?
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  • Shock waves, they travel on the surface and inside earth. We record them with Seismographs.
  • Ocean Trenches.

Question 2

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What Two Types of Waves are there.
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  • P-Waves and S-Waves
  • D-waves and M-waves

Question 3

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Explain P-Waves
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  • They go through Solids and Liquids. They are faster than S-Waves. They are Longitudinal.
  • They only travel through Solids. They are Slower. They Are Transverse.

Question 4

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Explain S-Waves
Answer
  • They only travel through Solids. They are Slower. They Are Transverse.
  • They go through Solids and Liquids. They are faster than S-Waves. They are Longitudinal.

Question 5

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What happens to waves when they reach different layers of earth?
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  • They reflect, Sometimes
  • They go init.

Question 6

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Do waves Change Speed?
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  • Yes, as the properties of the Mantle and Core change, it causes them to also change direction slightly - This is Refraction
  • Nope.

Question 7

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Is the speed Change of waves Gradual?
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  • A lot of the time, it is, so it's got a curved path. But when the properties change suddenly, speed changes abruptly and so does Direction.
  • No its sudden.

Question 8

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What do P-waves tell us about The Mantle and Core.
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  • P-Waves change direction abruptly about halfway down into earth, showing a sudden change in properties.
  • Nuffin.

Question 9

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S-waves are not detected in the core's shadow, what does this tell us?
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  • That the Outer core is liquid because S waves only go through Solids
  • THat the Core is Gas.

Question 10

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P-waves travel slightly faster in the core, what does this show?
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  • That the core is Solid.
  • That the core is Gas.

Question 11

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S-waves go through mantle, what does this show?
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  • That the Mantle is solid.
  • That the Mantle is Liquid.
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