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Ocean waves are transverse waves because they move up and down.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 8y agoOcean waves are transverse. The water goes up and down at right angles to the way the wave is progressing.
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What are facts about waves?
There are different kinds of waves... sound, ocean, surface, longitudinal, and transverse.
Are em waves longitudinal are transverse?
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Are shock waves transverse waves or longitudinal waves?
these
In what type of waves do particles in the medium vibrate perpendicularly to the direction in which the waves are traveling?
transverse waves.
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What are two types of mechanical waves?
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What are facts about waves?
There are different kinds of waves... sound, ocean, surface, longitudinal, and transverse.
Are em waves longitudinal are transverse?
EM waves are both Transverse and Longitudinal.
Are P-waves and S-waves transverse or longitudinal waves?
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Give an exaple of a longitudinal and transverse wave?
A good example is vibrating guitar strings, as they are transverse, but the waves given off are sound, and sound is longtitude.
