Your ride might occassionally get long lines of people where the last person bumps into the person in
front of them. That person falls slightly forward bumping into the person in front of him before he
catches himself and brings himself back up. This process continues on down the line with each person
bumping the person in front of them. Answer the questions using this scenario.

1. What would you consider to be the medium in this scenario?
2. would you consider this wave to be longitudinal or transverse?
3. explain how the scenario demonstrates a transfer an energy but not a transfer in matter.

3. There is transfer of energy because each person bumps the person in front of them but there is not transfer in matter because people stay at the same position.

Explanation:

Part 1.

The medium is the matter where the wave is traveling. In this case, the wave is traveling through the people in the line, so the medium is the people.

Part 2.

In a transverse wave, the medium moves perpendicular to the direction of wave and in a longitudinal wave, the medium moves parallel to the direction of the way. In this case, the people are going forward, so they are moving in the same direction of the wave. It means that you can consider this wave to be longitudinal.

Part 3.

There is transfer of energy because the person in front of the other starts to move due to the other but there is no transfer in matter because the people stay at it initial position in the line.