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What are characteristics of water waves make them transverse waves?
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There are many forms of water waves. The characteristics of water waves that are transverse waves are that the particles of the wave move perpendicular to the direction the wave moves.
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How are transverse waves and compression waves similar?
they both make motion wave
Are the waves that make up the electromagnetic radiation spectrum transverse or longitudinal?
is a tranversal wave
What two motions are needed to make a wave?
There are two basic forms of wave motion, for mechanical waves. These are longitudinal and transverse waves.
How does transverse waves move?
When you make a wave on a rope, the wave moves from one end of the rope to the other. But the rope itself moves up and down or from side to side, at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels. Waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which the waves travel are called transverse waves. Transverse means "across". As a transverse wave moves, the particles of the medium move across, or at right angle to, the direction of the wave.
What wave moves at right angles to its direction of travel?
Transverse wave.
What are the differences between water waves and sound waves?
sound waves are created by things that make sounds like sombody speaking or instruments. water waves are created by wind.
What are waves in physics?
Waves are vibrations that pass through a substance. The vibrations make the particles in the substance vibrate, which, in turn, make surrounding particles vibrate. There are different kinds of waves in physics. Mechanical Waves, Electromagnetic Waves. Mechanical waves being those on strings, for example. Electromagnetic waves being those in electric/magnetic fields, for example. (radio waves, light, ultraviolet radiation) Transverse waves - those waves that are perpendicular to the direction of vibration of the particles. Longitudinal waves - those waves that are parallel to the direction of vibration of the particles.
Why cant sound waves be plane polarised?
Because transverse waves like electromagnetic waves (light) move side to side when the travel, and we can limit the side-to-side motion of a wave, and still allow the wave to pass. In longitudinal waves, we cannot limit longitudinal motion without actually "blocking" the wave. Picture two transverse waves that are moving in the same direction. One is moving up and down as it travels and the other is moving side to side. We can install a barrier of vertical slits in the path of the waves. The vertical slits will accommodate the wave that moves up and down. The other wave will be trying to move from side to side when it impinges on the barrier, and it will be "blocked" there. The vertical slits polarize the wave. With longitudinal waves, there is no equivalent "filter" or barrier we can use to polarize the wave.
What are the features of a transverse wave?
There are two kinds of waves. First, there is a transverse wave. This type of wave causes the medium to move perpendicular to the direction of the wave. The amplitude is the height of the wave. The wavelength is the distance from one wave top, or crest, to the next.
How does an earthquake make sea waves?
an earthquake's epicentre is under the plates and if the epicentre is near or under water, the vibrations will disturb the water and make waves or even tsunamis.
How can waves be avoided?
don't go in the water then cause it's impossable to make waves stop
What affects do water waves and currents have on beaches?
waves and currents make the shore bigger
