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What direction do light waves vibrate in?
The electric and magnetic field vibrate perpendicular to the direction in which the light wave propagates (and perpendicular among themselves). Light is thus a transverse wave.
What kind of Lights in which the waves vibrate in only one direction?
monochromatic light or Polarized Light
What is the difference between how transverse waves and longitudinal waves move particles?
In transverse waves, particles move in a parallel & perpendicular direction relative to the direction of energy transport.
Transverse waves that vibrate in one direction only are called....?
Polarized waves.
For each type of wave compare the vibration of the medium to the direction of the wave?
Transverse waves vibrate up and down. Longitudinal waves vibrate parallel to the medium. Surface waves vibrate in circular motions.
What direction do light waves vibrate in?
The electric and magnetic field vibrate perpendicular to the direction in which the light wave propagates (and perpendicular among themselves). Light is thus a transverse wave.
What kind of Lights in which the waves vibrate in only one direction?
monochromatic light or Polarized Light
Light waves usually vibrate in all directions but what allows only light vibrating in a certain direction to pass through?
polarized light
What is the difference between how transverse waves and longitudinal waves move particles?
In transverse waves, particles move in a parallel & perpendicular direction relative to the direction of energy transport.
Transverse waves that vibrate in one direction only are called....?
Polarized waves.
For each type of wave compare the vibration of the medium to the direction of the wave?
Transverse waves vibrate up and down. Longitudinal waves vibrate parallel to the medium. Surface waves vibrate in circular motions.
Transverse waves vibrate to the direction it travels?
perpendicular to or at right angles to their direction of motion
Do polarized light consists of waves that vibrate in one direction only?
No, it isn't one direction, otherwise there would not have been vibration at all! In normal light, the electric field vibrates in planes which are perpendicular to the direction that the wave is moving. In polarised light, the electric field vibrates in only one plane which is perpendicular to the direction that the wave is moving.. (3 dimension has been considered in the answer; this is why plane(s) have been used in the answer)
What waves is a primary wave?
Cause rock particles to vibrate in same direction that waves travel
In which type of waves do the particles in a medium vibrate in a the same direction the wave is moving?
Longitudinal waves
In which types of waves do the particles in the medium vibrate in the same direction the wave is moving?
longitudinal waves
What is the opposite of a longitudinal wave?
Longitudinal waves consist particles in a medium (ex of a medium= air) vibrate back and forth in a parallel direction to the direction of the wave is traveling. Example of a longitudinal wave are sound waves. Boom! Opposite of longitudinal waves would be a transverse wave where instead of particles moving in a parallel direction, transverse waves vibrate in a medium, side by side perpendicular to the direction the wave travels to. Example of a transverse wave is a light wave. Hope this helped =]
