Question

A wave travels through a medium and displaces the particles perpendicular to the direction in which the wave is traveling. This type of wave is a

transverse wave because of the direction that the particles are being displaced as the wave travels.


Thats the answer

Answer 1

Transverse waves are always characterized by particle motion being perpendicular to wave motion. A longitudinal wave is a wave in which particles of the medium move in a direction parallel to the direction which the wave moves