PH-2225
Transverse and longitudinal waves
Physics · Secondary 4 · Medium · Transverse and longitudinal waves
A slinky is stretched out on a table. A student pushes and pulls one end of the slinky back and forth along its length, producing a series of compressions that move down the slinky. What type of wave is produced in the slinky?
- Longitudinal mechanical wave
- Transverse mechanical wave
- Electromagnetic transverse wave
- Stationary transverse wave
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