What do you call it when a rate of heat radiation and absorption in an object are equal?
Thermal equilibrium
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What layers can't Seismic S waves travel through?
The liquid outer core of the Earth (because its liquid)
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What are L waves a combination of?
P and S waves combined together
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How are positive ions formed?
When radiation transfers its energy to remove the electrons from a nucleus to form a positive ion
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What type of waves are P and S
P waves- longitudinal-fast-can travel through all layers of Earth S waves- slow-transverse-can't travel through liquid outer core and only can travel through solid layers
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What layers can't Seismic S waves travel through?
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The liquid outer core of the Earth (because its liquid)
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