Question

Surface waves ________. A. travel more rapidly than body waves B. produce most of the damage to buildings during earthquakes C. are the first waves initially produced in an earthquake D. are the first waves to arrive at a seismograph station after an earthquake

Answer 1

Answer:

B. produce most of the damage to buildings during earthquakes        

Explanation:

Surface waves produce most of the damage to buildings during earthquakes. Surface waves are waves that moves just below the earth surface during earthquakes and they are slower than S-waves. They are larger in amplitude and hence are usually the most destructive type of seismic waves.

Answer 2

Answer:

Option B==> produce most of the damage to buildings during earthquakes.

Explanation:

Surface wave is one of the products of earthquake and they are waves of high amplitude and wavelength that moves near the land surface that is to say near the inner surface of the earth and they move either along or in parallel manner. Surface waves can be divided into two and the two are: Rayleigh waves and love ways.

Surface waves has one of the characteristics in the option above and that is the production of most of the damage to buildings during earthquakes.