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Blinky To Test The Speed Of S And P Waves

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My hypothesis, “If we experiment with a slinky to test the speed of S and P waves then the speed of the S and P waves will not be accurate to motion of S and P waves in the real world earthquakes because of the friction from the slinky”, was correct. In an earthquake P waves travel through the earth faster, as P waves can travel through solid rock as well as liquids such as liquid magma underneath the earth’s surface. S waves only move through solid rock, which means that the energy from the fault takes longer to reach the surface of the earth. The data gathered proves that although in real world earthquakes, P waves move through the earth faster than S waves, because of the smooth surface of the slinky, the S waves were able to move across

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