Physics
Grade-7
Easy

Question

Sound waves are

  1. Longitudinal
  2. Transverse
  3. Partly longitudinal, partly transverse
  4. Sometimes longitudinal, sometimes transverse.

hintHint:

Longitudinal

The correct answer is: Longitudinal


    sound waves are longitudinal waves where all the particles of the medium vibrate in the same direction as the wave.

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