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light waves are transverse waves in which both electric and magnetic fields are mutually perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation
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Are light waves transverse waves or longitudinal waves?
Longitudinal
In what type of waves do particles in the medium vibrate perpendicularly to the direction in which the waves are traveling?
transverse waves.
What are examples of tranverse waves?
Light wave and water waves
Are sound waves transverse waves while light waves are longitudinal waves or are all sound waves and light waves longitudinal waves?
Light waves are transverse.Sound waves may be transverse or longitudinal. Sound in gases can only be longitudinal.
How do light waves differ from seismic waves?
light waves are transversal, seismic waves are longitudinal.
Are light waves transverse waves or longitudinal waves?
Longitudinal
Compare and contrast 3 types of waves?
Transverse (rope),Longitudinal (spring),and Surface (Water & Air) waves
In what type of waves do particles in the medium vibrate perpendicularly to the direction in which the waves are traveling?
transverse waves.
What are examples of tranverse waves?
Light wave and water waves
Are sound waves transverse waves while light waves are longitudinal waves or are all sound waves and light waves longitudinal waves?
Light waves are transverse.Sound waves may be transverse or longitudinal. Sound in gases can only be longitudinal.
Different features of waves?
If referring to differences in types of waves, their is only longitudinal and tranverse waves in which the only difference is that longitudinal waves move in compressions (such as sound). Transverse waves move in a continuos up and down motion (light waves and displayed in the graph of cosine or sine). The properties of waves are diffraction, refraction, constructive interference, destructive interference, and transfer of energy (this is what a wave is).
Is a light waves longitudinal?
No, light is not a longitudinal wave. It's actual geometric structure is two perpendicular waves of force fields, one electric and one magnetic (hence, electro-magnetic) which vary in a sine wave form as they propagate in a direction perpendicular to the two directions of the sine waves. This is much more complicated than the compression waves associated with sound, or the waves of water on the ocean surface.
How do light waves differ from seismic waves?
light waves are transversal, seismic waves are longitudinal.
Are waves on a rope and light waves are two examples of longitudinal waves?
No, neither are examples of longitudinal waves. Sound waves and compression waves in a spring are longitudinal waves. With light and rope waves, the axis of movement is 90 degrees to the direction of propagation, they are both transverse waves.
Does longitudinal wave exhibit diffraction?
Yes longitudinal waves can be diffracted. Example: Light waves.
Are light waves longitudinal?
No, light waves are not longitudinal waves. Light is an example of a transverse wave, like a wave moving across the surface of water. Sound or seismic waves are examples of longitudinal waves.
What characteristic proves that light is longitudinal wave?
Light waves are Transverse Waves
