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Describe how water molecules do not travel with the wave and the transfer of energy in water waves.
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Describe how water molecules do not travel with the wave and the transfer of energy in water waves.

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The water molecules only oscillate up and down and not across the wave as water waves are transverse waves. Thus, the oscillations of the particles are perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation.
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