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P-waves, or primary waves, are a type of seismic wave that travel through solids, liquids, and gases. They are longitudinal waves, meaning that the particle motion is parallel to the direction of wave propagation. Therefore, P-waves cannot vibrate at 90 degrees to the wave motion; that characteristic is typical of S-waves (shear waves), which are transverse waves.
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What Type of seismic wave that travels the fastest through rock material by causing rocks to vibrate in the same directions as the waves?
secondary waves
How do scientists classify seismic waves?
The wave are classified as their motion respect to their propagation.
Wave that moves rock particles in a backward rolling motion and a side-to-side swaying motion?
These are called Surface waves
What is another name for surface waves?
another name for pressure wave is a P-wave EDIT: Another name for P-waves or Pressure waves are Compressional, Longitudinal, P, Dilation waves. The particle motion is in the direction of wave propagation These waves occur in Solids, Liquids, and Gases whereas Shear, transverse, S, or equivoluminal waves only occur in solids.
A surface wave's motion is most like?
Surface waves travel more slowly than body waves (P and S); and of the two surface.
Which waves causes the medium to vibrate only in a directions parallel to the wave motion?
Transverse waves cause the medium to vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the wave motion. Longitudinal waves, on the other hand, cause the medium to vibrate in a direction parallel to the wave motion.
In which type of waves to the particles in the medium vibrate in the same direction the wave is moving?
Transverse waves have particles that vibrate perpendicular to the direction of the wave's motion. Longitudinal waves have particles that vibrate in the same direction that the wave is moving.
A wave in which the motion of the material is perpendicular to the motion of the wave is?
Transverse wave. In a transverse wave, the particles of the medium vibrate perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. This type of wave is commonly seen in electromagnetic waves and in water waves.
What is wave in which particles in the medium vibrate in an up an and down motion?
transverse waves
Which causes the medium to vibrate in a direction parallel to the wave motion?
Longitudinal waves cause the medium to vibrate in a direction parallel to the wave motion. This means that the particles of the medium move back and forth in the same direction that the wave is traveling. Examples of longitudinal waves include sound waves and seismic waves.
What wave occur when the motion of medium wave is parallel to the direction of the wave?
amplitude Longitudinal waves occurs when the motion of the medium. This is parallel to the direction of the wave.
Wave motion in which particles vibrate back and forth in the same direction as the wave is called?
The wave motion where particles vibrate back and forth in the same direction as the wave is called a longitudinal wave. This type of wave is characterized by compressions and rarefactions in the medium through which the wave propagates. Sound waves are an example of longitudinal waves.
Is a transverse wave an example of an longitudinal wave?
No, they are different types of wave. Transverse waves vibrate across the direction of motion, like the waves you get when you shake a rope. Longitudinal waves vibrate back and forth along the direction of motion like a sound wave.
What wave has disturbance that is perpendicular to wave motion?
A transverse wave has a disturbance that is perpendicular to the direction of wave motion. In a transverse wave, the particles of the medium vibrate in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation, creating crests and troughs as the wave moves. Examples of transverse waves include light waves, water waves, and electromagnetic waves.
Do p waves vibrate at 90 percent to the wave motion?
They travel the fastest through rocks.
Which causes the medium to vibrate in a direction parallel to the waves motion?
Longitudinal waves cause the medium to vibrate in a direction parallel to the wave's motion. This means that the particles of the medium move back and forth parallel to the direction of the wave. Sound waves are an example of longitudinal waves, as they propagate through air by causing the air particles to compress and rarefy in the direction of the wave.
do particles vibrate in the direction of wave motion in transverse waves?
In a transverse wave the particle displacement is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation (at right angles). In a longitudinal wave the particle displacement is parallel to the direction of wave propagation.
