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No, a sound wave is a compressional wave.
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It is compression corresponds to the trough of a transverse in a sound wave?
compression
Is an earthquake a transverse wave or a longitudinal wave?
Earthquakes generate both transverse and longitudinal waves.
Are sound waves longitudinal in solids?
No Sound waves are longitudinal. Being longitudinal they cannot be POLARISED.
What wave is a transverse wave that occurs with earthquakes?
S-waves (or Secondary waves) and Love waves are both transverse seismic waves.
What is the highest pint of the transverse wave called?
The highest point on a transverse wave is called a crest. Also, the lowest point is called a trough.
Are sound waves and light waves transverse?
Light is an electromagnetic wave; and those are transverse. Sound is usually a longitudinal wave.
Are light radio and sound transverse waves?
Light is an electromagnetic wave; and those are transverse. Sound is usually a longitudinal wave.
Is longitudinal a sound wave?
A sound wave is indeed a longitudinal wave as opposed to a transverse wave
Sound waves are always?
transverse wave
Which of the following is not a transverse wave sound or radio wave or light or all of the above or none of the above?
Sound.
Is a sound wave compressional or transverse?
Compressional
How is a sound wave different from a transverse wave?
A sound wave is not a transverse wave. Instead, it is a longitudinal wave. Longitudinal waves travel through their mediums via compressions and rarefactions. For example, sound travels in this fashion by compressing the air molecules in the surrounding area. Transverse waves, on the other hand, oscillate perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer.
Is a mechanical wave a transverse wave?
A mechanical wave is any wave pattern that results from one or many forces. A mechanical wave can be a transverse wave, such as seen on a violin string, or a longditudinal wave, such as sound waves.
Are sound waves a transverse wave?
No , sound waves are longitudinal waves ,their vibrations are along the direction of travel of wave.
What are the two sound waves that travel through the air?
Transverse wave and a longitudinal wave
It is compression corresponds to the trough of a transverse in a sound wave?
compression
Give an example of a logitudinal and transverse wave?
Sound waves and Primary Earthquake waves are longitudinal.
