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Q: These waves originate at the focus and can travel through all tyes of matter?
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What kind of waves originate at the focus and can travel through all types of matter?

p waves


These waves originate at the focus and can travel through all types of matter.?

P-waves, which may also be known as primary (as they arrive travel faster than other types of seismic waves and so are recorded on a seismometer first) or pressure waves as they propagate by the compression of matter.


These waves are slower than those that originate at the focus.?

These waves are slower than those that originate at the focus.


What wave does not originate from the focus?

Surface wave


What waves are slower than those that originate at the focus?

The waves that are slower that those that originate at the focus are called secondary waves or S-waves. They are shear waves that are transverse in nature.


What direction do seismic waves move?

S waves shear rock back and forth as they travel through it.


Where are earthquakes mosty likely to originate?

where the fault is at or the epicenter which is not where the earthquake starts it is the focus where the earthquake starts


What is the place of origin of an earthquake?

If you want to know what the name is, it is called the epicenter. If you want to know a location where all earthquakes originate, there isn't one. Earthquakes can occur along faultlines, or in the middle of a continent.


State three ideas or topics that could serve as the focus of subject matter in an artwork?

State three ideas or topics that could serve as the focus of subject matter in an artwork.


In what direction do seismic waves carry the energy of an earthquake?

Seismic waves are the earths crust vibrating. there are two types of waves P-waves and S-waves (Primary and Secondary) Primary waves travel faster than s waves and can travel through solid and liquid, S-waves can only travel through solids


What word starts with an m and means focus?

"Matter" is a possibility.


How do you study how energetic waves affect matter?

Focus an energetic wave at some matter and see what happens.