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What are three facts about compressional waves?

Compressional waves are also known as longitudinal waves, where particles move back and forth in the same direction as the wave. These waves are characterized by the compression and rarefaction of the medium they travel through. Examples of compressional waves include sound waves and seismic waves.


What are compressional waves with particle motion in the same direction as wave propagation?

Those are called longitudinal waves. In longitudinal waves, the particles of the medium oscillate parallel to the direction of wave propagation. Sound waves in air are a common example of longitudinal waves.


What is a wave in which matter moves in the same direction as the wave?

A wave in which matter moves in the same direction as the wave is called a longitudinal wave. In a longitudinal wave, the particles of the medium oscillate parallel to the direction of energy transport. Sound waves are a common example of longitudinal waves.


What kinda of wave is a compressional wave?

A compressional wave is a type of wave that moves by causing particles in a medium to compress and expand in the same direction as the wave is moving. These waves are also known as longitudinal waves. Examples include sound waves and seismic waves.


Which body waves is a longitudinal wave?

The primary body wave that is a longitudinal wave is the P wave. P waves are compressional waves that travel through solid and liquid materials by causing particles to move in the same direction of wave propagation.

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What are three facts about compressional waves?

Compressional waves are also known as longitudinal waves, where particles move back and forth in the same direction as the wave. These waves are characterized by the compression and rarefaction of the medium they travel through. Examples of compressional waves include sound waves and seismic waves.


What are compressional waves with particle motion in the same direction as wave propagation?

Those are called longitudinal waves. In longitudinal waves, the particles of the medium oscillate parallel to the direction of wave propagation. Sound waves in air are a common example of longitudinal waves.


How does longitudinal wave travel?

Longitudinal waves are waves that have the same direction of vibration along their direction of travel, which means that the vibration of the medium (particle) is in the same direction or opposite direction as the motion of the wave. Mechanical longitudinal waves have been also referred to as compressional waves or compression waves


What is a wave in which matter moves in the same direction as the wave?

A wave in which matter moves in the same direction as the wave is called a longitudinal wave. In a longitudinal wave, the particles of the medium oscillate parallel to the direction of energy transport. Sound waves are a common example of longitudinal waves.


Longitudinal waves are also called?

Yes, there is another name for longitudinal waves which is 'Elastic Waves'. These waves have the same direction of vibration, as their direction of travel. These waves consist of Compressions and Rarefractions. Mechanically they are also called as Compression waves.


What kinda of wave is a compressional wave?

A compressional wave is a type of wave that moves by causing particles in a medium to compress and expand in the same direction as the wave is moving. These waves are also known as longitudinal waves. Examples include sound waves and seismic waves.


Which body waves is a longitudinal wave?

The primary body wave that is a longitudinal wave is the P wave. P waves are compressional waves that travel through solid and liquid materials by causing particles to move in the same direction of wave propagation.


In which type of waves do the particles in a medium vibrate in the same direction the wave is moving?

Longitudinal. An example of a longitudinal wave is sound. It pushes the medium particles forwards and backwards, parallel to the wave's direction. Transverse waves cause particles to move perpendicular to the wave. (E.g. visible light, x-rays, microwaves)


What wave causes particles in matter to move back and forth along the same direction in which the waves travel?

Longitudinal waves cause particles in matter to move back and forth along the same direction in which the waves travel. This type of wave propagation occurs in mediums where the particles vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave. Sound waves are a common example of longitudinal waves.


What matter vibrates in the same direction as these waves travel?

Compressional waves


Are longitudinal waves and compression waves the same?

Yes, longitudinal waves and compression waves are the same. Both terms refer to waves where the particles of the medium move parallel to the direction of energy propagation. Sound waves in air are an example of longitudinal/compression waves.


What is the difference between compreesinal waves and transverse wave?

A transverse wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer. where as compressional waves (also known as Longitudinal waves) are waves that have the same direction of oscillations parallel to their direction of travel I hope this clears it out...