Ncert Exercises & Solutions

With the propagation of longitudinal waves through a medium, the quantity transmitted is:

1. matter

2. energy

3. energy and matter

4. energy, matter and momentum

(2) Hint: There is only energy transferred in the longitudinal wave.

The propagation of longitudinal waves through a medium leads to the transmission of energy through the medium without the matter being transmitted.

There is no movement of matter (mass) and hence momentum.