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fill in the blank _____ waves occur when the motion of the medium is parallel to the direction of the wave
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fill in the blank _____ waves occur when the motion of the medium is parallel to the direction of the wave

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The answer is Longitudinal

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Those would be longitudinal waves. You can remember that by thinking: longitude is length. Longitudinal waves keep the same length between the motion of the medium and the direction of the wave (which makes them parallel).
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