Waves

Waves

Waves transfer energy

Longitudinal

• Particles back and forwards in the same direction the energy is being transferred
• Sound

Transverse

• Particle move side to side in the direction 90 degrees to the direction of the energy
• Electromagnetic spectrum, 
• water ripples

 Properties of waves

Amplitude The distance between the normal and the peak of the wave

Wavelength - The distance between have cycles 

Wave speed

The frequency of a wave is the number of waves passing a point each second

T = 1 / f

V = f x wavelength 

Waves hitting an object

a wave can either be absorbed or reflected if it reflected it bounces away from the same angle it came in…