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Same as standing and traveling people: standing waves don't move, traveling waves do.

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In that its polarity will not shift.

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What is the difference between stationary waves and standing waves?

Standing waves are also known as stationary waves. They are waves that remain in a constant position. This phenomenon can occur because the medium is moving in the opposite direction to the wave, or it can arise in a stationary medium as a result of interference between two waves traveling in opposite directions.


Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction that the waves are travelling are called?

the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is a waves


Where is the epicenter of an earthquake if the arrival time difference between P and S waves is zero?

Your standing on it! P-waves travel faster than S-waves through the Earth. As such the further away a seismometer station is from the epicentre of an Earthquake, the larger the difference between arrival times will be. By the same logic this means that the closer you get to the epicentre, the smaller the difference in arrival time will be until your at the epicentre when the difference will be zero!


Are sound waves standing waves?

No, they can be caused by standing waves, but they move


What is the difference in speed and mode of travel between p-waves and s-waves?

P-waves stand for primary waves, but a good trick is to think of the P as standing for pressure, because P waves are compression waves. S-wave stands for secondary wave, but the trick is to think of the S as standing for shear wave. This is because S-waves move in a shearing (side to side) motion. The means that S waves cannot travel through liquid, and also travel slower than P-waves.


What is the difference between sound waves and earthquake waves?

u figure it out dude


How low or high a sound seems?

Sound is pressure waves travelling through the air. The brain can detect the difference in sound frequency, based on the distance between pressure waves, by the ear which physically responds to incoming sound waves. Volume, frequency and direction are identified, then translated and sent to the brain as electrical signals.


How high or low sound seems?

Sound is pressure waves travelling through the air. The brain can detect the difference in sound frequency, based on the distance between pressure waves, by the ear which physically responds to incoming sound waves. Volume, frequency and direction are identified, then translated and sent to the brain as electrical signals.


What is the main difference between body waves and surface waves?

Surface waves travel slower than body waves.


When are standing waves produced?

Standing waves are also known as stationary waves. They are waves that remain in a constant position. This phenomenon can occur because the medium is moving in the opposite direction to the wave, or it can arise in a stationary medium as a result of interference between two waves traveling in opposite directions.


What is the difference between waves made by the breeze and waves made by a speedboat?

sound are longitudinal waves while water waves are transverse waves


What's the difference between tsunami and tidal wave?

There is not any difference between tidal waves and tsunamis, except for that cyclones are high waves accompanied with heavy rain wheras tsunamis are only waves.