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In a longitudinal wave, the particles do not move with the wave. The particle movement is parallel to the direction of the wave propagation. This means that the particles move left and right which in turn makes the other particles start to oscillate. This creates a wave. longitudinal pressure waves are also known as sound waves.
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∙ 15y agoif 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
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∙ 8y agoThe energy is not made of particles in the conventional sense. Particles of matter vibrate backwards and forwards along the direction of motion when a longitudinal wave travels. The particles possess kinetic energy.
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∙ 13y agothe vibration move along the same direction as the direction of energy movement
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∙ 15y agoParticles in a transverse wave move perpendicular to the propagation direction of the wave.
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∙ 9y agoThe direction that compressions and rarefactions travel in a longitudinal wave is the same direction. They travel in any direction side-by-side.
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∙ 12y agoThe particles in longitudinal waves travel parallel to the direction of the wave, whereas the particles in transverse waves travel perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
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∙ 13y agoat right angles.
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∙ 12y agosame direction
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Particles in a wave move in an elliptical or circular motion?
surface waves
What is the opposite of a longitudinal wave?
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 =]
Which particles move parallel to wave motion?
The particles of the wave (for compressive waves). Or for transverse waves, yet the particles move parallel to the wave too.
What occurs as energy is transferred through a wave?
They move up and down, but do not move forward (NJASK8 Earth Science)
A wave that vibrates in a direction parallel to the direction of the wave itself is called a?
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.
Wave in which particles move parallel to wave motions?
This type of wave is called longitudinal waves.
In a longitudinal wave the energy of the wave moves?
The energy is not made of particles in the conventional sense. Particles of matter vibrate backwards and forwards along the direction of motion when a longitudinal wave travels. The particles possess kinetic energy.
What is the difference between how transverse waves and longitudinal waves move particles?
In transverse waves, particles move in a parallel & perpendicular direction relative to the direction of energy transport.
In this type of wave wave particles of the medium move parallel to the direction of the wave.?
longitudinal
What are particles that move back and forth compared to the direction of a wave?
A longitudinal wave.
What happens to the particles in a longitudinal wave as the amplitude increases?
the speed at which the energy travels increases.
A wave in which particles move back and forth at right angles to the direction of travel is called what?
a wave in which matter is moved back and forth in the direction the wave is moving
When the particles of the medium move back forth along the direction of the wave motion the wave is a?
longitudinal wave
When the particles of a medium move back and forth along the direction of the wave motion the wave is a?
longitudinal wave
When the particles of the medium move back and forth along the direction of the wave motion the wave is a?
longitudinal wave
When the particles of the medium move back and forth along the directions of the wave motion the wave is a?
longitudinal wave
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)
