Which of the following is not a longitudinal wave?

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Ultrasound

Tsunami waves

Electromagnetic waves

Sound waves in the air

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Electromagnetic waves are not longitudinal waves.
A sound wave is a movement of energy travelling through a medium (air, water, or solids) caused due to a pattern of disturbances. When particles of the medium, like air, vibrate parallel to the direction of the sound waves or along the direction of propagation while transporting sound to the other end, sound waves are called longitudinal.
Sound waves in air, ultrasound and tsunami waves are examples of longitudinal waves.
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Unlike longitudinal waves, particles in transverse waves vibrate or move up and down from their mean position and an electromagnetic wave is a transverse wave.

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