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 =]
Disturbance in particle motion parallel to the wave velocity is called a longitudinal wave. Disturbance in particle motion perpendicular to the wave velocity is called a transverse wave.
Longitudinal waves have all the same properties as transverse waves: speed, frequency, wavelength, and amplitude
A transverse wave.
if you take molecules for example, when the molecules are more compacted close together that is called compression. that is also when there is sound. when the molecules are spread far apart that is called rarefaction. if you need more help just tell me
Earthquakes generate both transverse and longitudinal waves.
its a transverse wave
In a transverse wave, the crest corresponds to a compression in a longitudinal wave.
No, sound is a longitudinal wave, not a transverse wave.
Light is transverse in nature.
In a transverse wave, the crest of the wave corresponds to the compression of a longitudinal wave, while the trough of the transverse wave corresponds to the rarefaction of a longitudinal wave. Both waves exhibit oscillation or vibration, but the direction in which the particles move is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation in a transverse wave, while it is parallel in a longitudinal wave.
No, a sound wave is a longitudinal wave, not transverse.
Yes, a sound wave is a longitudinal wave, not a transverse wave.
The vibration of the Longitudinal wave is parallel to the wave direction and the vibration is perpendicular to the direction in the transverse wave.
The wave in which particles move back and forth at right angles to the direction of travel is called a transverse wave. This type of wave is commonly observed in phenomena such as light and electromagnetic waves.
A sound wave is indeed a longitudinal wave as opposed to a transverse wave
The vibration of the Longitudinal wave is parallel to the wave direction and the vibration is perpendicular to the direction in the transverse wave.