How-To Themes. Opt for a how-to theme if you want your students to research key steps in a process, according to the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Tell your class that the topics must relate to social studies, science, history, literature, technology or business.
In which kind of wave do the particles of the medium move at right angles to the direction in which the wave is traveling. Transverse. In what way do the particles in the wave move when surface waves combine the properties of transverse and longitudinal waves.
Transverse Waves. For transverse waves the displacement of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave. A ripple on a pond and a wave on a string are easily visualized transverse waves. Transverse waves cannot propagate in a gas or a liquid because there is no mechanism for driving motion perpendicular to the propagation of the wave.