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Quiz by PEDRO ALVAREZ JIMENEZ, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by PEDRO ALVAREZ JIMENEZ
about 9 years ago
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Question 1
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Why is the study of seismic waves so useful?
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Because is essential for knowing more about earthquakes
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Because we can figure out the internal structure of the planet
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Because we can get information about the external composition of the planet
Question 2
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What are the two fundamental types of seismic waves?
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P waves and S waves
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L waves and R waves
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Surface and body waves
Question 3
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What are the two types of body waves?
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P waves and S waves
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L waves and R waves
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Surface and body waves
Question 4
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Point two different properties of the S waves
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They arrive first and can travel through solid
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They arrive second and can travel through liquid
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They arrive second and can travel trough solid
Question 5
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Regarding to P waves characteristics, how can we know the outer core is liquid?
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P waves reach first the outer core
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S waves cannot travel through outer core but P waves do
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P waves are better known than S waves
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