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Unit 5: Test

Question 18 • (OC27) Physical Sci-2003310-S1-Keuten-D'Aquino

Which example would contain only longitudinal waves?

Answer
A
a crowd doing the wave at a sporting event
B
an ultrasound that transmits soundwaves
C
the waves formed by the ocean
D
playing the guitar strings

Explanation

Longitudinal waves make particles vibrate parallel to the direction the wave travels. Sound waves in ultrasound travel through a medium as compressions and rarefactions, so they are longitudinal. A crowd wave and guitar-string waves are transverse, while ocean waves combine transverse and longitudinal motion.

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