Suppose, you are in a sporting event. You notice that everyone stands up when it’s his turn,
creating a wave that moves through the crowd and they sit back down again after a while. This wave
moves around the stadium without moving the people around it. Considering this situation, justify
your answer about the nature of the wave.
Answers
Explanation:
The waves that are generated by the audience in any stadium are called as stadium waves.
These waves are studies by several people in curiosity to know more about the waves and their resemblance with the already classified wave types.
The nature of waves is almost the same as the waves generated in a string when it is tied at one end and waved from the other end e.g. stationary or standing waves.
Answer:
Transverse wave
Explanation:
In a stadium, the wave formation that a crowd forms follow the nature of transverse wave
This is because the people are moving at right angle to the direction of the wave. In other case if the people touch their shoulders and movement is in longitudinal direction then this would take the nature of a longitudinal wave.