Earthquakes produce three types of seismic waves: primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves. Each type moves through materials differently. In addition, the waves can reflect, or bounce, off boundaries between different layers.
three key points:
1. they all change the earth by shifting plates in different ways.
2. these waves lead to our plates form today, which are always changing.
3. even the smallest earthquakes make the slightest changes to our ground. and many happen in just a day! we just never feel it.
Roller coaster...
going up... building the potential energy....
SCREAM... AND SCREAM... kinetic energy upon kinetic energy being used
rinse and repeat
Answer: catching the ball is a better choice.
Explanation:
The collision of 2 objects involves involves large impact force since the force is inversely proportional to the time in which the momentum of the object changes.
Mathematically
If we catch the ball we increase the time in which the momentum of the ball is decreased thus the impact force that acts on us is lower as larger time is allowed for the ball to decrease it's momentum.
If we allow the ball to hit us the momentum of the ball changes in a short period of time thus applying a large impact force on our body thus increasing the chances of toppling.
Answer:
Primary waves (P-waves)
Explanation:
Due to excess of the energy inside the earth when the tectonic plates begin to slide or fracture then the energy is released in the form of seismic waves, this causes the earthquake.
<u>Two types of seismic waves are generally responsible for the earth quakes:</u>
- body waves
- surface waves
Body waves are of two types:
Primary waves (P-waves)
These are the fastest of all the waves involved in the earth-quake which travel at a speed of 1.6 km to 8 km per second.
They can pass trough solids, liquids and gases. They arrive at the surface as an instant thud.
Secondary waves (S-waves)
They can only pass through the solids and they move slower than the P-waves.
As S-waves move, they displace the rock particles, pushing them outwards perpendicular to the wave-path that leads to the earthquake-related first rolling period.
Surface waves (L-waves/ long waves)
- These waves move along the surface of the earth. They are responsible for the earthquake's carnage.
- They move up and down the Earth's surface, rocking the foundations of man-made structures.
- Surface waves are slowest of the three waves, which means that they are the last to arrive. So at the end of an earthquake usually comes the most powerful shaking.
Answer:
The average forces would be the same
Explanation:
Both have the same velocity on impact as they fell from the same height.
Both have the same velocity after the bounce because they reach the same height.
Both have the same mass
Both will thus experience the same impulse because both have the same change in momentum.
Therefore both experience the same average force.