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Which causes the medium to vibrate in a direction parallel to the wave and motion?
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Which wave causes the medium to vibrate only in a direction parallel to the wave's motion?
Longitudinal wave
For each type of wave compare the vibration of the medium to the direction of the wave?
Transverse waves vibrate up and down. Longitudinal waves vibrate parallel to the medium. Surface waves vibrate in circular motions.
Which waves causes the medium to vibrate only in a directions parallel to the wave motion?
Longitudal waves
Which type of wave causes the medium to vibrate perpendicular to the direction of the wave?
Transverse Wave.
What type of particle vibrations occurs in longitudinal waves?
Particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave.
In a transverse wave that travels through a medium the molecules of the medium vibrate in which direction?
The molecules vibrate perpendicular to the direction of propagation or motion.
Why is it called longitudinal waves?
Since the particles of the medium vibrate parallel (length wise) to the direction of propagation of the energy. HEnce the name longitudinal.
What is the opposite of a longitudinal wave?
Longitudinal waves consist particles in a medium (ex of a medium= air) vibrate back and forth in a parallel direction to the direction of the wave is traveling. Example of a longitudinal wave are sound waves. Boom! Opposite of longitudinal waves would be a transverse wave where instead of particles moving in a parallel direction, transverse waves vibrate in a medium, side by side perpendicular to the direction the wave travels to. Example of a transverse wave is a light wave. Hope this helped =]
How does the medium move in a longitudinal wave?
medium's particle vibrate parallel to propagation of wave.
What is the difference between a tansverse wave and a longitudinal wave?
If the particles of the material medium vibrated in a perpendicular direction to the direction of propagation of the wave then it is said to be TRANSVERSE If the particles vibrate parallel to the direction of propagation then it will be longitudinal
In what direction does the medium vibrate?
It vibrates up and down.
Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to?
it cause it to vibrate!
