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Consider the picture of slinky. The transverse wave is transporting energy from left to right. The particles of the medium will move_____.



Question 2 options:

only upward


up and down


right to left only


both right and left directions

Plz help Consider the picture of slinky The transverse wave is transporting energy from left to right The particles of the medium will move Question 2 options o class=

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The particles of the medium (slinky in this case) move up and down (choice #2) in a transverse wave scenario.

This is the defining characteristic of transverse waves, like particles on the surface of water while a wave travels on it, or like particles in a slack rope when someone sends a wave through by giving it a jolt.

The other kind of waves is longitudinal, where the particles of the medium move "left-and-right" along the direction of the wave propagation. In the case of the slinky, this would be achieved by giving a tensioned slinky an "inward" jolt. You would see that such a jolt would give rise to a longitudinal wave traveling along the length of the tensioned slinky. Another example of longitudinal waves are sound waves.