Answer: Option [A]The correct answer is solids only. S waves can only travel through solids, and scientists have successfully mapped the earth's interior by studying the routes of these waves. P waves or Primary waves are the first waves to hit the seismographs when an earthquake strikes.
Answer: Option [C]The correct answer is L.
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Answer: Option [A]Vibrations radiate from focus in all direction as Seismic waves. Body waves radiate outward from the focus in all directions and travel through solid rock. A P body wave (primary body wave) is a compressional (longitudinal) wave that induces the particles in the rock to vibrate back and forth in the same direction the wave moves.
Answer: Option [B]The correct answer is slip.
Answer: Option [D]The correct answer is L Waves. The slowest (and latest to arrive on seismograms) are surface waves, such as the L wave. L waves are named for the Cambridge mathematician A.E.H. Love who first described them. The surface waves are generally the largest recorded from an earthquake.
