Assignment #12 (due 5.1)

Please answer the questions below on a separate sheet of paper using the info found in the USGS—Types of Seismic Waves video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzYnJr1fIB4).

1. How are the body and surface waves of an earthquake different?
2. What are the 2 types of body waves?
3. Compare and contrast 2 types of body waves. Please include a sketch of the earth showing how these 2 waves travel through/over our planet.
4. What is a seismometer? Briefly describe how this instrument works. What does a seismometer measure?
5. How are body and surface waves represented on a seismogram?