Sound waves produced in gas are:

  1. longitudinal
  2. transversal
  3. stationary
  4. progressive

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Option 1 : longitudinal
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Electric charges and coulomb's law (Basic)
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CONCEPT:

  • Wave motion: The type of disturbance that travels through a medium due to repeated vibrations of the particles of the medium about their mean positions is called wave motion.

There are two types of wave motion:

  • Longitudinal wave motion: It is that wave motion in which individual particles of the medium execute simple harmonic motion about their mean position along the same direction, in which the wave is propagated.
    • For example: Sound waves
  • Transverse wave motion: Vibration of particles in a medium and the propagation of waves are perpendicular to each other.
    • Example: Waves in the surface of the water, waves in a string.

EXPLANATION:

  • Sound waves produced in the gas are longitudinal. So option 1 is correct.

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