Earthquakes

Question 1

What is the most dangerous wave?

Answer 1

S

Question 2

What wave is transverse?

Answer 2

S

Question 3

What wave is longitudinal?

Answer 3

P

Question 4

What can P waves travel through?

Answer 4

Solids and Liquids

Question 5

What can S waves travel through?

Answer 5

Solids only

Question 6

What is the faster wave, P or S?

Answer 6

P

Question 7

Readings on three seismometers at different places are needed to find the
location of an earthquake.
Use a diagram to help you explain why three seismometers are needed.

Answer 7

Three seismometers are needed because if there were only two circles there are two points where the circles meet, three circles are needed to find which point it is where all circles meet

Question 8

Explain how an earthquake happens

Answer 8

In the Earths crust there movement between plates. A sudden slippage to n between the plates causes an earthquake

Question 9

Why is the mantle hotter nearer the core?

Answer 9

The Earth is radiating heat to space