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A slinky can transfer both longitudinal and transverse waves.
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What type of wave moves the fastest?
Light wave travels fastest in air Sound wave travels fastest in solid or liquid
Which wave type is formed when the waves reach the Earth's surface?
s wave
What type of wave motion is it when the wave bounces off a surface and returns?
Reflection!
What is an example of a body wave?
An example for a surface wave would be flat because the surface is flat.
What type of mechanical wave do particles in the medium move back and forth in the direction of wave motion?
Transverse wave longitudinal wave-hint back and forth
How a slinky can represent a sound wave?
Well when you swing it or push it it can show rarefctions and even compressions.
Describe the wave pulse that travels down the slinky?
describe the wave pulse that travels down the slinky?
What wave travels in the same direction as the disturbance?
It would be a longitudinal wave. If you were to conduct an experiment to see which wave travels in the same direction as the disturbance, you would take a slinky and push it. And if you watch the wave, you'll see that it travels through the slinky outward, and travels back to the disturbance (your hand). This wave is a longitudinal wave.
How can you make compression wave using a slinky?
when you pull one end of the slinky, the slinky travels through in waves.
What is the meaning of longitutinal wave?
Picture two people holding holding opposite ends of a long spring that they've stretched between them. If you're familiar with the toy called a "slinky", that's what I'm talking about. Now imagine that a small portion of the slinky in the middle is painted bright orange. If one person shakes his end of the slinky up and down, a wave will propagate toward the other person. If you were to observe the orange part of the slinky, you'd see that it moves up and down with the motion of the wave. This type of motion, where the orange section moves perpendicular to length of the slinky, is called transverse motion. Hence, this is a transverse wave. A longitudinal wave is different; it's a wave where the particle motion is parallel, rather than perpendicular, to the length. Imagine the same two people holding the same slinky with the bright orange section in the middle. Now imagine that one of the people quickly pushes his end of the slinky toward the other person, then pulls it back (as if he was imitating the motion of passing a basketball to his friend). The motion would cause the slinky to compress slightly near the first guy. The compression wave would then travel through the spring toward the person at the other end. If you were to observe the bright orange section in the middle, you'd see that the wave motion would cause it to move back and forth along the length parallel to the length of the slinky. That's a longitudinal wave.
What kind of wave can be produced on a slinky?
both, a longitudinal and transverse wave.
Why electromagnetism is a wave are using a slinky?
b
Is a example of a mechanical wave?
the Slinky waves need the Slinky, and the waves in the ocean need the water.
What is the name of the wave shown by pushing a slinky back and forth?
Longitudinal Wave.
What type of wave interaction does this example represent?
Resonance
What is the motion of the hand wave?
It'a like a slinky! :D
What is equilibrium position in sound waves?
Equilibrium position of A wave: "When wave is in rest position its called equilibrium position of a wave" Definition:- A wave can be described as a disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location. \ Example: Consider a slinky wave as an example of a wave. When the slinky is stretched from end to end and is held at rest, it assumes a natural position known as the equilibrium or rest position. The coils of the slinky naturally assume this position, spaced equally far apart. To introduce a wave into the slinky, the first particle is displaced or moved from its equilibrium or rest position. The particle might be moved upwards or downwards, forwards or backwards; but once moved, it is returned to its original equilibrium or rest position. The act of moving the first coil of the slinky in a given direction and then returning it to its equilibrium position creates a disturbance in the slinky. We can then observe this disturbance moving through the slinky from one end to the other. If the first coil of the slinky is given a single back-and-forth vibration, then we call the observed motion of the disturbance through the slinky a slinky pulse. A pulse is a single disturbance moving through a medium from one location to another location. However, if the first coil of the slinky is continuously and periodically vibrated in a back-and-forth manner, we would observe a repeating disturbance moving within the slinky that endures over some prolonged period of time. The repeating and periodic disturbance that moves through a medium from one location to another is referred to as a wave.
