MCQ
Sound travels in rocks in the form of
- ALongitudinal elastic waves only
- BTransverse elastic waves only
- ✓Both longitudinal and transverse elastic waves
- DNon-elastic waves
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
Both longitudinal and transverse elastic waves
c
(c) Sound can travel longitudinally as well as transversely in solids.
(c) Sound can travel longitudinally as well as transversely in solids.
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