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What is a Transverse Wave?
All
of the waves that you will meet on
your course are transverse
except sound
waves and P
waves
from earthquakes.
When a transverse wave
travels through a substance,
the particles of the substance are moved at right
angles
to the direction in which the
wave is traveling.
The particles either move up and down or from
side to side
as the wave goes past (like
waves on the surface of the
sea).
After the wave has gone, the
particles are back where they
started.
Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves
that do not need a
substance to travel through (continued).
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