Describe sound as a longitudinal wave.
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A sound wave is called a longitudinal wave because compressions and rarefactions in the air produce it. The air particles vibrate parallel to the direction of propagation.
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For a sound wave traveling through air, the vibrations of the particles are best described aslongitudinal. Longitudinal wavesare waves in which the motion of the individual particles of the medium is in a direction that is parallel to the direction of energy transport.
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