There are two kinds of waves. First, there is a transverse wave. This type of wave causes the medium to move perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
The amplitude is the height of the wave.
The wavelength is the distance from one wave top, or crest, to the next.
A compressional (longitudinal) wave looks like a slinky spread apart and then pushed together. They use these waves in animations to determine how bad an earthquake was.
~by RkB (by the way I am 12 but we have been doing this since the beginning of the year...HUGE thanks to my beloved science teacher *SB*)
A transverse wave in three dimension looks (similar in geometry) like semicircular pipes joined very closely and moving with there longitudinal axes perpendicular to the propagation direction and this is for a transverse wave with vertical component.
a visual example would be a spring or slinky
When you make a wave on a rope, the wave moves from one end of the rope to the other. But the rope itself moves up and down or from side to side, at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels. Waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which the waves travel are called transverse waves. Transverse means "across". As a transverse wave moves, the particles of the medium move across, or at right angle to, the direction of the wave.
A sound wave looks like a ripple in the air. The vibrations are not up and down as depicted in most drawings, the are compressions in the air, getting larger the further they are away from the source. in order to see them, you must have very expensive technology, and must have a good eye.
There are 2 types of waves
-longitudinal waves
- transverse
longitudinal waves like a spring
transverse waves are like a up and down motion
Crest, Trough, Amplitude, Wave Length
an example of and transverse wave
Light (and its Transverse not "traverse")
It looks very curvey. wavey
Transverse wave.
Both. A radio wave is an electromagnetic wave; therefore it is a transverse wave.
it sure is!!yes, light waves is a transverse wave.
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.
Radio waves are transverse electromagnetic waves.
A transverse wave
its a transverse wave
Light is transverse in nature.
A transverse wave
No, light is a transverse wave.No, light is a transverse wave.No, light is a transverse wave.No, light is a transverse wave.
Its a transverse wave.
Transverse wave.
Both. A radio wave is an electromagnetic wave; therefore it is a transverse wave.
it sure is!!yes, light waves is a transverse wave.
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.
Earthquakes generate both transverse and longitudinal waves.
Radio waves are transverse electromagnetic waves.