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Which wave is a transverse wave?
a) P wave
b) S wave
c) longitudinal
d) electromagnetic

Which wave is a longitudinal wave?
a) P wave
b) S wave
c) electromagnetic
d) longitudinal

What kind of boundary occurs between two plates moving toward one another?
a) transform
b) divergent
c) convergent
d) torsional

What kind of boundary occurs between two plates sliding by one another?
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
d) torsional

P waves travel faster then S waves
a) False
b) True
c)
d)

Only P waves travel through the Mantle
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Only P waves travel through the inner core.
a) True
b) Fasle
c)
d)

Only P waves travel through liquids.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

When P waves leave the mantle and enter the outer core, they...
a) Slow down
b) Speed up
c) Get absorbed
d)

Which waves will reach a seismic station first?
a) S waves
b) P waves
c) Both reach at the same time
d)

Compared to oceanic crust, continental crust is...
a) thinner, with a less dense granitic composition
b) thicker, with a more dense basaltic composition
c) thinner, with a more dense basaltic composition
d) thicker, with a less dense granitic composition

The first waves to arrive at any location from the epicenter is...
a) L wave
b) S wave
c) P wave
d) Both P and S waves

What is the inner most part of the Earth?
a) Outer Core
b) Crust
c) Mantle
d) Inner Core

What layer of the Earth surrounds the inner core?
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) inner core
d) Outer core

Which layer of earth is closest to Earth's crust?
a) lower mantle
b) outer core
c) Inner core
d) upper mantle

What is the layer of earth that all organisms live on?
a) lower mantle
b) inner core
c) crust
d) outer core

What is the Lithosphere?
a) the whole mantle
b) the inner and outer core
c) the crust and upper mantle
d) the outer core and crust

What is the asthenosphere?
a) the core
b) the layer below the lithosphere
c) the mantle
d) the crust and mantle

What is the Contenintal crust?
a) plates below the ocean
b) plates below the mantle
c) plates below the core
d) plates below the continents

What are convection currents?
a)
b) Hot magma moving side to side because of heating
c)
d) hot magma moving up the down because of heating

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