Types and Properties of Waves

a disturbance that carries energy, but not matter, from one place to another.

• supersonic wave

• mechanical wave

• wave

• wind

the size of disturbance a wave causes in its medium

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• mass x time= speed

a wave in which particles of matter move back and forth.

• surface wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

the distance between the start of one wave cycle and the start of the next wave cycle

• wave cycle

• wavelength

• frequency

• wave pulse

the matter that a mechanical wave travels through

• medium

• water

• model

• time and space

the number of wave cycles that pass a certain point in a given period of time; often expressed in wave cycles per second, or hertz (Hz)

• wave cycle

• wave speed

• wave relationship

• frequency

a representation of a situation which makes important aspects easy to see

• reflection

• wave cycle

• model

• medium

the distance a wave moves in a given amount of time

• wave cycle

• wave speed

• amplitude

• wave frequency

the equation that relates wave speed, frequency and wavelength (wave speed=frequency x wavelength)

• wave relationship

• wave potency

• wave speed

• frequency

a wave made of a single disturbance that does not repeat

• amplitude

• mechanical wave

• wave pulse

• surface wave