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Exploratorium: Faultline: P and S Waves

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The different types of earthquake waves are discussed and illustrated. Features geologist video clip.

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Concepts
geology, longitudinal waves, seismic waves, seismology
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Additional Tags
earth science, earthquake waves, hypocenter, p-waves, rupture, slinky, surface waves, wave compression, exploratorium, exploratorium museum: faultline: p and s waves, love waves, rayleigh waves, earthquake, characteristics of waves
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
NGSS
MS-PS4-1