Waves

Waves

1. TRANSVERSE WAVES

   • The oscilations (vibrations) are PERPENDICULAR to the DIRECTION of energy transfer

2. LONGITUDINAL WAVES

   • The oscilations are PARALLEL to the direction of the energy transfer

3. Key terms

   • Amplitude - the maximum displacement of a point on the wave from the undisturbed position
   • Wavelength- the distance between the same point on 2 adjacent waves
   • Frequency - the number of complete waves passing a certain point per second
   • Fom the frequency you can find the period of the wave: T=1/f
   • Wavespeed is the speed at which the energy is being transferred
     • Wavespeed equation is: Wavespeed(v)=frequency(f)x Wavelength