________ is the return of some of the energy of a seismic wave to the Earth's surface after it bounces off a rock boundary.

A. Seismic attenuation
B. Seismic reflection
C. Seismic adjustment
D. Seismic shadow zone
E. Seismic refraction


Answer: B

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