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longitudinal and transverse waves
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longitudinal waves
Longitudinal waves have rarefactions which is when the particles are spread out.
Compressions are when the particles have been squashed together
When sound travels, it travels in a longitudinal wave
transverse waves
the amplitude and wavelength on a transverse wave is perpendicular (meet at a right angle) all the time.
when light travels, it travels in a transverse wave
the crest is the highest point of a wave.
the tough is the lowest point of a wave.
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- GCSE science Apunte sobre longitudinal and transverse waves, creado por Yordanos Gebre el 13/04/2015.
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- Yordanos Gebre · abr 2015
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