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In a transverse wave that travels through a mediun the molecules of the medium vibrate?

Up to a crest, then down through a trough, then back. APEX :P


Water travels in what kind of wave?

water travels as a transverse wave (meaning that the water molecules move in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the path of the wave. the molecules move up and down while the wave moves in horizontal direction).


What media does a transverse wave travel through?

It depends on the type of transverse wave. A transverse water wave travels through water. A transverse wave on a rope travels along the rope. A transverse electromagnetic wave, however, needs no medium. It can propagate through a vacuum.


What direction does energy travel in a transverse wave?

Energy in a transverse wave travels perpendicular to the direction of the wave propagation.


In a transverse wave that travels through a medium how do the molecules of the medium vibrate?

The quaggas of the wave, which are the midpoints, start to spasm out of control.


What is the direction in which a transverse wave travels?

A transverse wave travels perpendicular to the direction in which the individual particle of the medium is vibrating. This means that the wave's energy is transmitted horizontally or vertically, while the particles of the medium move in a different direction.


The medium vibrates perpendicular to the direction the wave travels in a?

Transverse Wave


Is it true or false that a transverse wave causes its medium to move parallel to the direction the wave travels?

False. A transverse wave causes its medium to move perpendicular to the direction the wave travels. This means that the particles of the medium move up and down or side to side as the wave passes through.


What direction a transverse wave travels?

A transverse wave travels in a straight line but wavers up and down. the high point is the crest and the low point is the trough


A transverse wave cause its medium to move in what direction?

Perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.


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.


What is a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels?

Wave that has vibration in a direction that is perpendicular to the motion creating it