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Seismic Wave Practice

Test Description: Practice analyzing seismic waves for Earth's interior

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) The P in P-waves stands for

APressed BPressure CPrimary DParticle

2) S-Waves cannot travel through

Aliquids Bgases Call of the other choices Dsolids

3) P-waves can travel through

Asolids Ball off the other answers Cgases Dliquids

4) This layer is the only liquid layer of Earth

AInner Core BOceanic Crust CAsthenosphere DOuter Core

5) Seismic waves provide what type of evidence for geologists to study Earth

AKnown Evidence BGuessed Evidence CIndirect Evidence DDirect Evidence

6) These seismic waves cause the most damage

ASurface Waves BP-waves CAll given answers DS-Waves

7) Seismic waves

Aallow geologists to dig through Earth's crust Ballow geologists to eliminate earthquakes Callow geologists to predict a planet's inner structure Dallow geologists to prove Earth is flat

8) If no seismic waves are able to pass through a planet, it must be

Aall gaseous Ba black hole Call solid Dall liquid

9) Earthquakes can happen

AOnly in oceanic areas Banywhere energy is released from Earth's crust COnly in continental areas Donly in California

10) The s in s-waves stands for

ASurface BSecondary CSolids Only DShear

*select an answer for all questions

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