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Transverse Waves Can you guess what this picture shows? Here’s a hint: the objects in the picture have been magnified, and one of them is moving rapidly. The objects are guitar strings, and the moving string is the one on the bottom right. The string is moving because it has just been plucked. Plucking the string gave it energy, which is moving through the string in a mechanical wave. A mechanical wave is a wave that travels through matter. The matter a mechanical wave travels through is called the medium. The type of mechanical wave passing through the vibrating guitar string is a transverse wave. What Is a Transverse Wave? A transverse wave is a wave in which particles of the medium vibrate at right angles, or perpendicular, to the direction that the wave travels. Another example of a transverse wave is the wave that passes through a rope with you shake one end of the rope up and down, as in the Figure below. The direction of the wave is down the length of the rope away from the hand. The rope itself moves up and down as the wave passes through it. Q: When a guitar string is plucked, in what direction does the wave travel? In what directions does the string vibrate? A: The wave travels down the string to the end. The string vibrates up and down at right angles to the direction of the wave. Crests and Troughs A transverse wave is characterized by the high and low points reached by particles of the medium as the wave passes through. The high points are called crests, and the low points are called troughs. You can see both in the figure to the right.

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Page 1: What Is a Transverse Wave? - … · A transverse wave is a wave in which particles of the medium vibrate at right angles, or perpendicular, to the direction that the wave travels

Transverse Waves

Canyouguesswhatthispictureshows?Here’sahint:theobjectsinthepicturehavebeenmagnified,andoneofthemismovingrapidly.Theobjectsareguitarstrings,andthemovingstringistheoneonthebottomright.Thestringismovingbecauseithasjustbeenplucked.Pluckingthestringgaveitenergy,whichismovingthroughthestringinamechanicalwave.Amechanicalwaveisawavethattravelsthroughmatter.Thematteramechanicalwavetravelsthroughiscalledthemedium.Thetypeofmechanicalwavepassingthroughthevibratingguitarstringisatransversewave.

What Is a Transverse Wave? Atransversewaveisawaveinwhichparticlesofthemediumvibrateatrightangles,orperpendicular,tothedirectionthatthewavetravels.Anotherexampleofatransversewaveisthewavethatpassesthrougharopewithyoushakeoneendoftheropeupanddown,asintheFigurebelow.Thedirectionofthewaveisdownthelengthoftheropeawayfromthehand.Theropeitselfmovesupanddownasthewavepassesthroughit.

Q:Whenaguitarstringisplucked,inwhatdirectiondoesthewavetravel?Inwhatdirectionsdoesthestringvibrate?A:Thewavetravelsdownthestringtotheend.Thestringvibratesupanddownatrightanglestothedirectionofthewave.Crests and Troughs Atransversewaveischaracterizedbythehighandlowpointsreachedbyparticlesofthemediumasthewavepassesthrough.Thehighpointsarecalledcrests,andthelowpointsarecalledtroughs.Youcanseebothinthefiguretotheright.

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S Waves TransversewavescalledSwavesoccurduringearthquakes.Thedisturbancethatcausesanearthquakesendstransversewavesthroughundergroundrocksinalldirectionsawayfromthedisturbance.Swavesmaytravelforhundredsofmiles.AnSwaveismodeledintheFigurebelow

Summary • Atransversewaveisawaveinwhichparticlesofthemediumvibrateperpendicularto

thedirectionthatthewavetravels.• Thehighpointsofatransversewavearecalledcrests,andthelowpointsarecalled

troughs.• Swavesaretransversewavesthattravelthroughundergroundrocksduring

earthquakes. Review

1. Whatisatransversewave?2. Sketchatransversewaveandlabelthecrestsandtroughs.3. InferhowSwavesmightaffectstructuressuchasbuildings.

Longitudinal Waves You’veprobablyplayedwithSlinkyspringtoyslikethese.They’resimpletoys,buttheycanmoveinveryinterestingways.Pushinginontheendofaspringtoy,forexample,givesitenergythatmovesthroughthespringinalongitudinalwave.What Is a Longitudinal Wave? Alongitudinalwaveisatypeofmechanicalwave.Amechanicalwaveisawavethattravelsthroughmatter,calledthemedium.Inalongitudinalwave,particlesofthemediumvibrateinadirectionthatisparalleltothedirectionthatthewavetravels.YoucanseethisintheFigurebelow.Theperson’shandpushesandpullsononeendofthespring.Theenergyofthisdisturbancepassesthroughthecoilsofthespringtotheotherend.

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Compressions and Rarefactions NoticeintheFigureabovethatthecoilsofthespringfirstcrowdclosertogetherandthenspreadfartherapartasthewavepassesthroughthem.Placeswhereparticlesofamediumcrowdclosertogetherarecalledcompressions,andplaceswheretheparticlesspreadfartherapartarecalledrarefactions.Themoreenergythewavehas,theclosertogethertheparticlesareincompressionsandthefartheraparttheyareinrarefactions. P Waves EarthquakescauselongitudinalwavescalledPwaves.Thedisturbancethatcausesanearthquakesendslongitudinalwavesthroughundergroundrocksinalldirectionsawayfromthedisturbance.PwavesaremodeledintheFigurebelow.Q:WherearethecompressionsandrarefactionsofthemediuminthismodelofPwaves?A:Thecompressionsaretheplaceswheretheverticallinesareclosesttogether.Therarefactionsaretheplaceswheretheverticallinesarefarthestapart.

Summary

• Alongitudinalwaveisatypeofmechanicalwave,orwavethattravelsthroughmatter,calledthemedium.Inalongitudinalwave,particlesofthemediumvibrateinadirectionthatisparalleltothedirectionthatthewavetravels.

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• Placeswhereparticlesofthemediumcrowdclosertogetherarecalledcompressions.Placeswhereparticlesofthemediumspreadfartherapartarecalledrarefactions.

• EarthquakescauselongitudinalwavescalledPwaves,whichpassthroughundergroundrocks.

Review

1. Whatisalongitudinalwave?2. Drawasketchofalongitudinalwave.Usearrowstoshowthedirectionofthewaveand

thedirectionofthevibratingparticlesofthemedium.Addlabelstoidentifythecompressionsandrarefactions.

3. DescribePwaves.


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