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the particles in a surface water move back- and- forth only.
They move in a circular motion
A water wave will move along; the individual water particles will go back to their original position. A water wave - as well as other waves - is basically a transfer of energy.A water wave will move along; the individual water particles will go back to their original position. A water wave - as well as other waves - is basically a transfer of energy.A water wave will move along; the individual water particles will go back to their original position. A water wave - as well as other waves - is basically a transfer of energy.A water wave will move along; the individual water particles will go back to their original position. A water wave - as well as other waves - is basically a transfer of energy.
Simple harmonic motion (up and down around a point of equilibrium). Water waves that crash onto a beach are not particles that come from way out in sea because water particles move up and down in one place (unless they have an outside and constant force applied to them). Water particles at the top of the ocean have both transversal and longitudinal motion.
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.
Perpendicular to the direction of the wave
No, they are transverse a water particle moves perpendicular to the motion of the wave (water particles move up and down where are the wave moves left or right)
its the particles in the water
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.
Ocean waves are mechanical waves. The waves on the surface are surface waves (particles move in a circular motion) while the waves in the depths are longitudinal (particles move parallel to the wave propogation).
the particles in a surface water move back- and- forth only.
the particles in a surface water move back- and- forth only.
They move in a circular motion
A water wave will move along; the individual water particles will go back to their original position. A water wave - as well as other waves - is basically a transfer of energy.A water wave will move along; the individual water particles will go back to their original position. A water wave - as well as other waves - is basically a transfer of energy.A water wave will move along; the individual water particles will go back to their original position. A water wave - as well as other waves - is basically a transfer of energy.A water wave will move along; the individual water particles will go back to their original position. A water wave - as well as other waves - is basically a transfer of energy.
Simple harmonic motion (up and down around a point of equilibrium). Water waves that crash onto a beach are not particles that come from way out in sea because water particles move up and down in one place (unless they have an outside and constant force applied to them). Water particles at the top of the ocean have both transversal and longitudinal motion.
The particles of the wave (for compressive waves). Or for transverse waves, yet the particles move parallel to the wave too.
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.