Question

In a stadium, fans stand up and sit down to produce a wave across the stadium. This type of wave where the material travels perpendicular to the direction of travel of the the wave. Which type of wave does this describe?

Answer 1

Answer:

Mechanical wave is a wave that describe material travel perpendicular to the direction of travel

Answer 2

Required Answer:-

Consider the fans as the particles across the propagation of a wave. As they are moving up and down, the material (particles inside) travels perpendicular to the direction of travel of the the wave.

This is the characteristic of:

$\large{ \underline{ \boxed{ \red{ \bf{Transverse \: wave}}}}}$

There are two types of mechanism waves: Transverse and longitudinal. Particles are perpendicular to the wave propagation in transverse wave and they are parallel to the motion of wave in longitudinal wave.