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If you mean sound waves, the only type of sound waves that can travel through air (or any gas, for that matter) is longitudinal waves.

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Which type of wave has a trough and crest?

The type of wave that has a trough and crest is called a transverse wave. In a transverse wave, the particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction of the wave propagation, resulting in the formation of crests and troughs.


What is A wave that is a combination of longitude and transverse wave?

The combination of a transverse waves and a longitudinal waves produce surface waves. The waves found in water are a good example. When a wave moves through the waver, particles travel in clockwise circles, and the radius of the circles decreases as the depth into the water increases.


True or false the material through which wave travels is called transverse?

just think for a second... what does a transverse wave look like and what does visible light waves look like? the same? yes. yes it is transverse not longitudinal.


Tranverse wave is a wave that moves perpendicular?

Transverse waves are waves where the particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction of the wave propagation. This type of wave is common in electromagnetic waves like light and radio waves, as well as in waves on strings and the surface of liquids.


What wave energy causes matter in the medium to move up and down or back an forth at right angles to the wave?

Transverse waves cause matter in the medium to move up and down or back and forth at right angles to the direction of the wave's propagation. Examples of transverse waves include electromagnetic waves like light and water waves in the ocean.

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What type of wave has rarefractions?

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What type of wave is in the American flag?

transverse wave


How could you produce a transverse wave in a spring?

To produce a transverse wave in a spring, you can displace one end of the spring vertically or horizontally and then release it. This initial displacement creates a disturbance that propagates along the spring in a perpendicular direction, resulting in a transverse wave.


When particles of wave move at right angle what type of wave is it?

Transverse wave


What is the type of wave in which the disturbance moves at right angles to the direction of the wave?

The type of wave in which the disturbance moves at right angles to the direction of the wave is called a transverse wave. Examples of transverse waves include electromagnetic waves (like light) and waves on a string.


Is an infrared wave a transverse wave?

Yes, an infrared wave is a transverse wave. Transverse waves are characterized by oscillations perpendicular to the direction of wave travel, and infrared waves exhibit this type of motion as they propagate through space.


For which type of wave does the medium vibrate perpendicular to the motion of the wave?

transverse


Which type of wave has both transverse and longitudinal characteristics?

Earthquake wave.


In a stadium fans stand up and sit down to produce a wave across the stadium. This type of wave where the material travels perpendicular to the direction of travel of the the wave. Which type of wave?

The wave produced by fans in a stadium is a transverse wave. In a transverse wave, the motion of the medium (the standing and sitting fans) is perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels. This causes the wave to appear as a "crest and trough" pattern moving across the stadium.


How can you produce a Transverse wave in a slinky by moving its free end?

To produce a transverse wave in a slinky by moving its free end, you can move the end up and down or side to side in a periodic motion. This motion will create a series of crests and troughs that propagate along the slinky as a transverse wave.


In this type of wave particles of the medium vibrate perpendicularly to the direction of the wave?

tranverse


What type of wave is formed when particles move forward at the crest and backward at the trough?

Transverse wave