Transverse Waves

List 3 or more waves.

 

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2. Transverse – vibrational disturbance which is perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels

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Transverse_Wave

Penn State Schuylkill

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Transverse Wave

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Longitudinal, Transverse?

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Transverse Waves
University of Colorado

 

 

 

 

Unlike longitudinal waves,
transverse waves can be
oriented
 in many different planes.

 

 

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Ex) water waves, seismic waves, electromagnetic waves
(light, microwaves, radio waves)

 

 

 

Electromagnetic Wave
Santa Barbara City College

Vibrating Charges
 and Electromagnetic Waves
Physics 2000

 

Ex) Longitudinal, Transverse?

 

Transverse

(Vibration perpendicular to
wave travel)

 

 

 

a) Longitudinal, Transverse?

 

b) Which 2 letters  show one wavelength?

c) How does this medium move?

 

 

 

 

 

A and C, choice D 

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 of Waves		  

 

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