Disclose a secret or reveal something prematurely, as in You can count on little Carol to spill the beans about the surprise. In this colloquial expression, first recorded in 1919, spill means âdivulge,â a usage dating from the 1500s.
Unformatted text preview: A) S waves travel through solids and P waves travel through liquids. B) P and S waves travel through liquids, but S waves do not travel through solids. C) P waves travel through solids; S waves do not. D) P and S waves travel through liquids, but P waves do not travel through solids.
P Waves. The first kind of body wave is the P wave or primary wave. This is the fastest kind of seismic wave, and, consequently, the first to 'arrive' at a seismic station. The P wave can move through solid rock and fluids, like water or the liquid layers of the earth.eismic waves are the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion. They are the energy that travels through the earth and is recorded on seismographs. Types of Seismic Waves. There are several different kinds of seismic waves, and they all move in different ways.