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Lesson: Chapter 4 — Waves and their applications

4.1.2. Longitudinal waves 3 of 4

Question 3

Which of these is a longitudinal wave?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Sound in air. The air particles vibrate back and forth along the direction the sound travels.

Water waves and waves on a string are transverse, and light is an electromagnetic wave, not a mechanical one.

Answer the question to continue.