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Seismometer is a device that produces a trace of vibrations on a roll of paper when there is an earthquake.

 

     

 P1 Seismic waves 

Syllabus Summary Questions Answers

  

     1.  What are P-waves?

     2.  What are S-waves?

     3.  How are seismic waves detected?

     4.  What is a shadow zone?

 

 

 

     5.  Why do the paths of P and S-waves curve as they travel through the Earth?

     6.  Fill in the gaps in the following sentences:

          a)  P and S-waves travel              in more dense material.

          b)  P-waves travel through              and             .

          c)  S-waves travel through              only.

          d)  P-waves are              than S-waves.

          e)  P and S-waves reveal the              of the Earth as they travel through it.