Transverse Waves: Displacement of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave.
To understand this it is good to think of a rope being held still by person B and being moved up and down by person A. The direction of propagation is from person A to B, so you will see the waves move along this way. But the displacement will be up and down.
Can travel in solids, but not in liquids and gas.
eg. Electromagnetic radiation
Longitudinal Waves: Displacement of the medium is parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave.
A good example for this is a slinky being pushed along the table, the propagation will be along the table and so will the displacement of all the 'rings'.
Can travel through all states of matter.
eg. Sound waves
Answer:
The weight will be smaller than on Earth.
Explanation:
We call weight, to the product of the mass times the acceleration produced on this mass, due to the Universal law of gravitation.
This acceleration can be obtained applying Newton’s 2nd Law to the gravitational attractive force, as follows:
Fg = G m1m2 / (r12)2 = m1* a → a= G m2 / (r12)2 =g
If we take a planet with the same mass, but a larger size, this means that the distance, from the planet’s surface to the center, will be larger also.
As the gravitational attraction is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, this means that the acceleration caused by this force, will be smaller than on Earth.
As the mass is an universal constant, this means that the weight (as measured on a scale as the normal force) will be smaller also.
Answer:
The statement that refers to convection is Warm air rises and takes heat with it; eventually it cools and sinks
Explanation:
There are in general three modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation.
- In conduction, the heat transfers through contact
- In convection, the heat transfers through density difference
- In radiation, the heat transfers through wave motion
Consider first statement, 'Land and ocean absorb and re-emit heat from the sun'. Radiation is the only mode of heat transfer where there is no requirement for medium. The heat from sun to land and ocean has traveled by radiation. The process of re-emission also occurs in the same way.
Similarly in second statement the energy reflected of earth's atmosphere traveled by radiation and the last statement where sunlight travels through space without aid of fluids or solids refers to the process of radiation.
In third statement the warm air being less dense rises and takes heat with it; eventually it cools and thereby density increases which causes to sink. Here the movement of air is due to density difference, which concludes that this statement refers to convection