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What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

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Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?

• P waves
• S waves

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If 3 nails are hit with a pencil, which will produce the lowest pitch?

• the shortest nail

• the middle nail

• the longest nail

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If a seismic station is 3200 km from an earthquake epicenter, which is the time needed for an S-wave to travel from the epicenter to the seismic station?

• 4 min 40 sec

• 6 min 0 sec

• 10 min 40 sec

• 11 min 10 sec

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P, Q, R, S, T, U are known as:

• Waves

• Intervals

• Segments

• Complex

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p waves can travel through

• liquid and solid

• solid

• liquid

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s waves can travel through

• solid and liquid

• liquid

• solid

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What is part C?

• Crest

• Trough

• Rarefaction

• Compression

• Wavelength

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Which color light waves have long wavelengths and low frequencies?

• Blue

• Purple

• Green

• Red

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What does the arrow in the picture represent?

• wavelength

• echolocation

• amplitude

• peak

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