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Frequency (or equivalently, wavelength) and amplitude. Frequency determines the sound's pitch (high or low). Amplitude is the volume (loud or quiet).
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How do you produce a longitudinal wave on a spring that has large energy?
there are two answers, one involves wavelength and the other frequency
What type of waves do particalles in a medium move perpendicular to the direction that the waves move?
Waves that oscillate perpendicularly to their propagation are called transverse waves.
What is it called when a selsmic wave bounces backward when it reaches a boundary?
Reflection occurs when seismic wave bounces backward as it reaches a boundary. It refers to the change in direction of a wave front at an interface between two different media.
Two ways to determine wave speed?
you can determine it by the wavelenght and the period of the wave and the frequencey
What are the similarities and differences of primary and secondary waves?
The terms Primary wave and Secondary wave are used in seismology (the study of things like earthquakes). These are two different sorts of waves which can travel through the earth and be detected some distance away. The P wave travels faster and gets there sooner so it is called "Primary" (First). The other follows and gets there later so is called "Secondary" (Second). The primary wave is called a compression wave like a sound wave travelling through air. Each particle in the medium (substance wave travels through) pushes on the next one and builds up pressure which pushes back. In other words, the particles move back and forth along the same direction as the wave travels. The S wave is also called a shear wave. This is where the particles move sideways to the direction of motion of the wave. P waves have a typical speed through the earth at between 6 and 10km/sec (4 and 6 miles/sec). S waves travel between 3 and 7km/sec (2 to 4 miles per second). It is the study of these waves after earthquakes that allowed us to discover what the interior of the earth is made of.
Is a transverse wave longitudinal?
No. Those two different adjectives are used to describe two different mechanisms of wave motion.
What is a wave that occurs at or near the boundary of two different media?
Either Longitudinal, transverse, or a surface wave.
What are the two different parts of a wave?
compression and rarefaction
What are the two sound waves that travel through the air?
Transverse wave and a longitudinal wave
What is a wave that occurs at the boundary between two media when transverse and longitudinal waves combine?
megnetic wave and or a surface wave
Describe two major differences between transverse and longitudinal waves give a practical example of each?
In a transverse wave, the direction of the propagation of the wave is perpendicular tothe direction of the vibration of the source whereas in a longitudinal wave, they both are parallel to each other. A longitudinal wave requires a medium to propagate but a transverse wave requires no medium to travel. Sound is a longitudinal wave and all EM radiation are transverse waves.
How is transverse waves and longitudinal wave similar?
They are two different types of waves. The few similarities are that they are both waves and they have the same direction of propagation.
Whatis a longitudinal wave?
Longitudinal waves are waves where the vibration of the particles is parallel to the direction of travel of the wave for eg sound is longitudinal wave. Stationary waves are produced when two or more progressive waves of the same frequency and amplitude pass through each other.
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.
Which term describes the distance between any two crests in a transfer wave or the distance between any two rarefactions in a longitudinal wave?
Wavelength
Which term describes the distance between any two crests in a transverse wave or the distance betweeen any two rarefactions in a longitudinal wave?
The wavelength
Which term best describes between any two crests in a transverse wave or the distance between any two rarefractions in a longitudinal wave?
wavelength
