How are longitudinal and transverse waves alike? How are they different?

Longitudinal and transverse waves have many similarities and differences.

Explanation:

Similarities:

Mechanical waves can be transverse and longitudinal waves.

Transverse and longitudinal waves both have wavelengths and frequencies.

They both have amplitudes

Both waves can travel through a medium or not, but it depends on whether is an electromagnetic or a mechanical wave.

Differences:

Electromagnetic waves can only be transverse.

The particles of the medium in a longitudinal wave move parallel to the direction (motion) of a wave. It is in this back and forth motion.

The particles of the medium in a transverse wave move perpendicular to the direction (motion) of a wave. This means that there would be right angles showing that they are perpendicular.

Longitudinal waves have rarefactions and compressions.

These rarefactions and compressions are used to measure the wavelength of a wave. For instance, a wavelength in a longitudinal wave is measured from rarefaction to rarefaction

Transverse waves have troughs and crests.

Amplitude in a transverse wave is measured from the midline to the crest of trough.

Amplitude in a longitudinal wave is measured based on how closely packed the particles of the medium are

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the pull of gravity on the rocket decreases

when two balls of the different masses are dropped from equal height, they reach the ground at the same time .this is because they experience the same acceleration.

the acceleration is independent of mass.

thus when they are dropped they will always maintain the same velocity and travel the same distance (neglect air resistance of course) at the same time.