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.
Body waves can travel through the earth's inner layers, but surface waves can only move along the surface of the planet like ripples on water. Earthquakes radiate seismic energy as both body and surface waves. Body Waves The first kind of body wave is the P wave or primary wave. This is the fastest kind of seismic wave. The P wave can move through solid rock and fluids, like water or the liquid layers of the earth. It pushes and pulls the rock it moves through just like sound waves push and pull the air.