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Waves
This is a study stack about waves
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| is a disturbance of energy as it transfers from place to place. | Wave |
| Mechanical waves are ocean waves, seismic waves, sound waves, and slinky waves because they need a medium to move through. | Mechanical waves |
| Also known as Mechanical/longitudinal. Compressional waves displace matter back and forth in the same direction as the energy of the wave. | Compressional waves |
| A medium is any kind of matter that is disturbed by energy. | Medium |
| A transverse wave carries the energy along the spring by making it move at right angles to the direction of the energy flow. Ocean waves and most electromagnetic waves move in a transverse pattern. | Transverse wave |
| The crest is the highest point on a wave. | Crest |
| The trough is the lowest point on a wave. | Trough |
| The distance between the rest line and the crest or the rest line and the trough is the amplitude. | Amplitude |
| The wavelength is the distance between two crests or two troughs. Or compression to compression or rarefaction to rarefaction. | Wavelength |
| The frequency is the number of waves that pass by a given point in one second measured in hertz or waves per second. | Frequency |
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