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no, they move horizontally along the direction of the sound wave movement.
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When the particles ot the medium move back and forth along the direction of the wave motion the wave is a?
longitudinal wave
If a transverse wave is moving from right to left the individual particles in the medium are moving?
No. the individual particles are not moving in the right to left direction. rather, they moves up and down. it is the wave that is going right to left.
What type of wave does sound travel in?
Longitudinal Wave
Does outerspace have sound?
Outerspace has no sound. This is because outerspace is essentially devoid of matter, and matter is required for sound. Sound is a physical phenomenon of a travelling pressure wave, and in space there is essentially no gas or media to transmit a wave.
Which wave makes matter move back and forth at right angles to the direction that the wave travels?
It is a rarefaction.
A sound wave moves from a medium where particles of matter are closely packed to a medium where particles of matter are further apart How do you expect the sound wave to travel differently?
The wave will move faster, increasing its speed.
What is a wave in which particles move up and down?
Transverse Wave.
How does the air particles vibrate and make a sound wave?
well...the particles in the air start to go up and down so a sound wave starts to form,then that sound wave travels in to peoples ears etchope this answer was useful :)
What wave energy causes matter in the medium to move up and down or back an forth at right angles to the wave?
The answer to your question is a longitudinal wave. The motion of the wave is parallel to the direction of the particles. An example is a sound wave.When particles move perpendicular to the direction of the wave, the wave is called a transverse wave. An example is a water wave.
What moves in waves?
The particles of the medium move up and down as the wave passes. The crests and troughs of the waves move with the wave.
How do wave particles move?
Particles in transverse waves oscillate in a vertical motion. (they move up and down, Just in case ;))
How do particles in a sound wave move?
The move by expansion and Contraction of the medium by which they are propagated. It is transmitted in air as a longitudinal wave- which means its direction is in line with the movement of the medium.
What direction do sound waves travel?
It depends if its transverse or longitudinal.
Area of a sound wave where particles are less dense?
The area of a sound wave where particles are less dense is called a rarefaction. It is the diminution in the density of a sound wave.
Which particles move parallel to wave motion?
The particles of the wave (for compressive waves). Or for transverse waves, yet the particles move parallel to the wave too.
In water waves water particles move in?
Water particles (molecules) move transversely to the direction of propagation of the wave. That means that as the wave moves out across the water, which is its direction of propagation, the water molecules move up and down (transversely) to create the crests and troughs of the wave.
What does a wave transfer if the particles themselves do not move?
If the particles themselves do not move, then you have no wave, and nothing is transferred.If the particles are free to move about their rest positions, then you can have a wave, andit can transfer energy from place to place.
