1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
zzz [600]
3 years ago
9

What helped scientists understand that Earth's interior is liquid?

Geography
2 answers:
Sergio039 [100]3 years ago
5 0

The Earth’s interior is composed of several layers: the crust, the mantle and the core. Scientists used waves and their speed to study the Earth's interior. The speed of seismic waves is affected by the properties of the material the waves pass through. The stiffness of material affects the speed of these waves. P-waves, or pressure waves, go through both liquids and solids, while S-waves, or shear waves go through solids but not liquids. The following helped scientists understand that Earth's interior is liquid: S waves cannot travel through liquids. Correct answer: D

cupoosta [38]3 years ago
4 0
The correct answer is D s waves cannot travel through liquids
You might be interested in
7. A porphyritic texture indicates that an igneous rock had
masha68 [24]

Answer:

extrusive rocks.

Explanation:

When an igneous rock contains large crystals of minerals surrounded by the fine grained or glassy material (set in a matrix of glassy part).The texture is known as Porphyritic texture and the large crystals are known as Phenocrystals and the fine grained or glassy part is called as Ground mass.

When this Porphyritic texture showing igneous rocks are known as Porphyrites. The texture is largely found in volcanic and hypabassal rocks so these rocks are the extrusive rocks.

4 0
4 years ago
PLEASE HELP! What will the weather be like in your area and your friend’s area over the next 24 hours? (See picture)
scoundrel [369]

Answer:

it would be hot

Explanation: cause i live in the valley and it is usually pretty hot down here.

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
When earth first formed, it separated into layers as it cooled. During the cooling process the iron sank to the center because.
katrin [286]
Because of Convention currents
5 0
2 years ago
Enter the values of the variables in the parallelogram. <br><br> The diagram is not to scale.
OLga [1]

Answer:

x°=29°

y°=49°

z°=102°

gagsv

7 0
2 years ago
How has the policy of eradication affected rainforests
Bingel [31]
<span>The policy of eradication has caused 1.75 million acres of Amazon rainforest to be cleared.
</span>
6 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Which statement about Lebanon after the end of the civil war is accurate?
    5·1 answer
  • The _____ side of a mountain range often has lush plant life?
    5·2 answers
  • Explain how relative location is determined.
    14·1 answer
  • What often happens when there are attempts to unify groups in places that have culturally traditional governments and deeply roo
    10·1 answer
  • The molten rock that is found in the upper mantle is
    13·1 answer
  • Is the physical process responsible for the movement of soil.
    11·2 answers
  • Camden is creating a model of a pyramid. The model created will need to be scaled up from the blueprint.
    6·2 answers
  • Hi smart smart people can you answer this question for me please?
    14·1 answer
  • Follow me on spotify https://open.spotify.com/user/6n6e6v?si=841db972c5884348
    14·1 answer
  • What describes the geosphere
    9·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!