Waves

Waves

1. Amplitude

   • the amplitude is the distance from the midpoint to the peak or the trough

2. wavelength

   • wavelength is the distance from peak to peak,trough to trough or from one complete wave.

3. wave speed

   • to work oput the wave speed you divide the distance by time.

4. wavelength

   • to work out the wave length you divide the wave speed by the frequency.

5. frequency

   • the frequency of a wave is the number of waves produced each second. it is also the number of waves that pass a certain point each second.
     • the unit of frequency is hertz(Hz)
   • to work out the frequency you divide the wave speed by the wave length