Multiple Choice
In comparison to S-waves,P-waves
A) vibrate the particles of their medium up and down and side-to-side.
B) can travel through solid granite,magma,water and/or air.
C) can travel only through solids,not through fluids.
D) are the second seismic wave to register on a seismograph.
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