Question

How are S waves and P waves similar? Check all that apply.
They shake the ground
They travel through solids
They arrive at the same time
They turn into surface waves.
They vibrate sides to side

Answer 1

The answer is: the travel through solids. Here's more details below:

Primary seismic waves and Secondary seismic waves. They both go through solid rock but only P waves go though gases and liquids, so P waves go through the mantle while S waves can't. P waves move faster than S waves so they are the first waves in an earthquake, they get to the surface first. But S waves do the most damage. S waves make an S shape.

Answer 2

Earthquakes are dangerous.

Both S and P waves travel from an earthquake; the P waves progress faster than S waves.

This the reason why if a seismic station for recording an earthquake is farther from an earthquake epicenter, greater is the difference of time interval between arrival of S and P waves.