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Which of the following is not a transverse wave?

Correct Answer: Sound waves

Explanation:

Light and Radio waves are both different frequency/wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, which consists of two components electric and magnetic of perpendicular, transverse waves. 

 

Sound, on the other hand, is a longitudinal wave which oscillates parallel to it's medium (back and forth instead of up and down).

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