The diagram below shows three types of earthquake waves, labeled a, b, and c at different time intervals
which of these statements best compares the three waves? (2 points)

wave b can travel through liquids but wave a cannot travel through liquids.

wave a can travel through liquids but wave b cannot travel through liquids.

wave b is reflected by the liquid core but wave c is transmitted through the core.

wave c is reflected by the liquid core but wave b is transmitted through the core.

Wave A can travel through liquids but Wave B cannot travel through liquids.

Explanation:

We need to identify the waves first:

On a seismograph, the first wave to arrive a Seismic station are the P waves. The Primary or P waves are the ones at A.

The waves at B are the secondary waves that arrives later at the station. These secondary waves or S waves are shear waves.

P waves are faster than S waves and they are the first waves picked on a Seismic station.

P waves can pass through any material be it solid, liquid or gas.

S waves are shear waves and only pass through solid medium. As liquids are not capable of shearing, they get cut off in liquid interphase.

Both S and P waves are elastic in nature. They are both body waves.