Seismogram

Imagine you're trying to decipher a muffled conversation happening in the next room. Just as the changes in volume and tone give you clues about the intensity and emotion of the conversation, a seismogram records the subtle and intense vibrations of the Earth's crust to reveal the details of seismic activity. In this analogy, the walls between the rooms are like the Earth's layers that seismic waves must travel through, the muffled conversation corresponds to seismic waves, and the seismogram is like a transcript that captures those waves, helping scientists understand the 'conversation' happening beneath the Earth's surface.