17 Traveling Waves: Crash Course Physics #17

What causes waves to form?

• Whenever there is a disturbance of some kind, a wave forms.

• A wave forms by electricity.

• A wave forms in all ropes.

What are wave crests?

• the bumps at the bottom of the wave

• the bumps at the top of the wave

• the speed of the wave

What are wave troughs?

• the bumps at the top of the wave

• the middle line of the wave

• the bumps at the bottom of the wave

What is the wavelength?

• the distance between crests

• the distance from the midpoint

• the distance from crest to trough

What is the frequency of a wave?

• the miles per hour of the wave

• the height of the crest

• the number of waves that pass through a given point per second

 What does the wave speed depend on?

• medium it is traveling through

• the amplitude of the wave

What type of waves deals with compression?

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

What do all waves have in common?

• they are either longitudinal or transverse

• transfers energy