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Are water waves transverse or longitudinal? How do you know? IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

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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 that the wave moves.

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