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No, compressional waves travel through liquids and gases. Transverse waves pass through solids. You may also be forgetting electromagnetic waves such as light, radio, x-rays, etc that propagate in neither of these ways and can even pass through vacuums.
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Are water waves compressional waves?
Compressional waves are waves that produce compression and rarefaction when traveling through a medium. Water waves are not considered as compressional waves.
Are sound waves transverse waves or compressional waves Why?
Compressional, gasses can be compressed but cannot be wiggled side to side.
How does a compressional wave moves?
for compressional waves, think of a spring. It moves by compressing and contracting. For sinusoidal waves, think of waves on the beach.
Are seismic waves transverse or compressional waves?
There are 3 broad types of seismic waves, Surface waves, S-waves and P-waves. Love waves (a type of surface wave) and S-waves are transverse waves and P-waves are compressional.
What is known as P waves?
primary waves or compressional waves
Are electromagnetic waves transverse or compressional waves?
They are transverse waves.
What are examples of electromagnetic waves?
Transverse and Compressional electromagetic waves Another opinion: No electromagnetic waves are compressional waves. They're all transverse. I think what the question was looking for is: -- Heat and visible light -- Radio waves and X-rays -- Ultraviolet and gamma rays etc.
Are also known as P waves?
Compression Waves
compressional wave?
this is the waves of p waves that have same direction of waves
Are light waves transverse waves or compressional waves?
They are best modeled as transverse waves.
Which kind of waves are sound waves?
compressional waves they swerve up and down
What matter vibrates in the same direction as these waves travel?
Compressional waves
