Transverse waves

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• Why is light a transverse wave?
• Which electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?
• What do transverse waves and longitudinal have in common?
• What transverse wave can travel in an elastic medium?
• How are transverse waves formed?
• What features of longitudinal waves take the place of crests and roughs found in transverse waves?
• What does amplitude measure?
• What is the bottom of a wave called?
• What is the top of a wave called?
• How do transverse waves travel through a medium?
• How do transverse waves affect our lives?
• Frequency is measured in what units?
• How can transverse waves be produced on a rope?
• How can transverse waves be polarised?
• How are longitudinal waves and transverse waves similar?
• What are some examples of transverse waves?
• What are some things that travel in waves?
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• How do you measure the wavelength of a transverse wave?
• For a wave that follows the d'Alembert solution, fixed at one end upon a table, why should it bounce back instead of inverting itself?
• In a longitudinal or transverse wave, what is the difference between the rest axis and the rest position? What do both represent?
• Why can't transverse waves propagate through gas or liquid?
• Where is the wavelength on distance vs time graph for a transverse wave?
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