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Longitudinal wave
Transverse waves vibrate up and down. Longitudinal waves vibrate parallel to the medium. Surface waves vibrate in circular motions.
Longitudal waves
Transverse Wave.
Particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave.
The molecules vibrate perpendicular to the direction of propagation or motion.
Since the particles of the medium vibrate parallel (length wise) to the direction of propagation of the energy. HEnce the name longitudinal.
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 =]
medium's particle vibrate parallel to propagation of wave.
If the particles of the material medium vibrated in a perpendicular direction to the direction of propagation of the wave then it is said to be TRANSVERSE If the particles vibrate parallel to the direction of propagation then it will be longitudinal
It vibrates up and down.
it cause it to vibrate!