Question

(6) Which type of waves are sound waves?
State their characteristics
yes are longitudinal waves
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Answer 1

Explanation:

• Medium can be solid, liquid or gases. Therefore, sound waves are longitudinal waves. Transverse Waves: A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate up and down 'at right angles' to the direction in which the wave is moving.

Answer 2

Sound waves give rise to a chain of compression (place of higher density ) and rarefraction ( place of lower density ) in the medium .The particles of the medium oscillate about their central or mean positions , in a direction parallel to the propagation of the wave .Such waves are called longitudinal waves