Question

The graph above shows the seismic wave velocities at various depths within the earth. Which waves can only travel through solids and cannot travel through the liquid outer core of the earth?

Long waves

P waves

S waves

Raleigh waves

Answer 1

I am a little late but the answer is S Waves.

S Waves can only travel through solids and cannot travel through the liquid core of the earth.

Answer 2

S waves

Step-by-step explanation:

• The s waves or the shear waves are called as the elastic waves as they move through the body of surface s and hence they cannot travel through the liquids like the P waves. And s waves cannot travel through the outer core of the earth.