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Based on the evidence, write a scientific explanation of what type of wave is being exhibited when crowds at stadiums do “the wave."

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Answer Transverse wave.

Explanation: People in the crowd stand (move upward)

to keep the wave going. This is a transverse

wave because the motion of the people is up

and down, and the wave travels around

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