Waves

wavelength, compression, amplitude, rarefaction, and frequency of a wave

• Wave Properties

• Medium Properties

• Medium

• White color

matter through which a wave travels

• Wave Properties

• Medium

• White color

• infrared waves

when all colors of light are reflected by a material

• Infrared Waves

• Medium

• Wave Properties

• White color

Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths shorter than radio waves, but longer than visible light

• Infrared Waves

• Wave Properties

• White Color

• Medium

when all colors of light are absorbed by a material

• White Color

• Black Color

• Mechanical Wave

• Transverse Wave

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Mechanical Wave

• Surface Wave

A wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels

• Transverse Wave

• Mechanical Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Surface Wave

any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or space.

• Waves

• Water

a longitudinal wave consisting of compressions and rarefactions, which travels through a medium

• Sound Waves

• Light Waves

• Surface Waves

• Frequency

the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Wavelength