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Sound waves are longitudinal waves; they travel from side to side, not up and down like transverse waves.
Angela Veum
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∙ 14y agoSound echoes are simply reflected sound waves. The are longitudinal mechanical waves.
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Sound travels in what kind of wave?
Sound travels in longitudinal waves, which means that the particles of the medium move in the same direction as the wave is propagating. This is in contrast to transverse waves where the particles move perpendicular to the wave's direction.
Which is not a type of electromagnetic wave?
Sound waves are not a type of electromagnetic wave. Sound waves are mechanical vibrations that require a medium, such as air or water, to propagate, whereas electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum.
What kind of waves make up sounds waves?
Sound waves are made up of longitudinal waves. This means that the particles of the medium in which the sound is moving vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave.
What kind of sound waves do vacuums produce?
The vacuum does not produce sound waves nor, can sound waves travel through them. A sound wave needs something to travel on/through, such as air. A vacuum doesn't contain any particles required for sound waves.
Wave that moves back and forth?
True. The up-down type of wave is called a "transverse wave". Light, for example, is this kind of wave. Sound, however, is a different kind of wave. It is the back-forth type, called "longitudinal", or "compression" waves.
What kind of waves does sound have transverse waves or compression waves?
Sound is a compressional wave.
What kind of waves are sound and light?
Sound is a mechanical wave.Light is an electromagnetic wave.
What kind of wave does sound move via?
transverst waves
What kind of wave cannot travel through a vacuum?
sound waves..
What kind of wave travels only through a medium?
Mechanical waves, including sound waves.
What kind of wave uses matter to transfer energy?
A mechanical wave uses matter to transfer energy. This type of wave requires a medium, such as air or water, to propagate. Sound waves and seismic waves are examples of mechanical waves.
Sound travels in what kind of wave?
Sound travels in longitudinal waves, which means that the particles of the medium move in the same direction as the wave is propagating. This is in contrast to transverse waves where the particles move perpendicular to the wave's direction.
Which is not a type of electromagnetic wave?
Sound waves are not a type of electromagnetic wave. Sound waves are mechanical vibrations that require a medium, such as air or water, to propagate, whereas electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum.
Why sound waves are longitudinal waves?
If the particles of the medium vibrate in the direction of propagation of wave, as in sound waves that's why sound waves are called longitudinal waves.
What kind of wave does sound travel through?
Sound travels through matter as transverse pressure waves.
Is a sound wave a transverse wave?
No, a sound wave is a compressional wave.
What kind of waves make up sounds waves?
Sound waves are made up of longitudinal waves. This means that the particles of the medium in which the sound is moving vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave.
