wave motion
TRANSCRIPT
A wave is a vibratory disturbance through a material (medium) or space.Waves transfer energy without transferring mass.
No medium required.Travel at the speed of light .c = 3 x 108 m/sExamples: visible light, x-rays, infrared
rays
MECHANICHAL WAVES
Require a medium ex. Sound, water, waves in springs.
• Longitudinal wavesExamples - sound, seismic s-waves• Transverse wavesExamples: light, seismic p-waves, water
TRANSVERSE WAVES
Waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling .
CREST AND TROUGH
Crest: A point on the wave where the displacement of the medium is at maximum.Trough: A point on the wave where the displacement of the medium is minimum.
LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Longitudinal waves have vibrations moving in the same direction that the wave is travelling in.
COMPRESSSION AND RAREFRACTION
Compression: A region in a longitudinal waves where the particles are closest together.Rarefraction: A region in a longitudinal wave where particles are farthest apart.
PROPERTIES OF WAVES
Amplitude Frequency Speed wavelength
AMPLITUDE
Maximum distance the particles of the medium carrying the wave move away from their rest positions.
Amplitude of a transverse wave is the maximum distance the medium moves up or down from its rest position.
Amplitude of a longitudinal wave is a measure of how compressed or rarefied the medium becomes.
WAVELENGTH
A wave travels a certain distance before it starts to repeat. The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is its wavelength.
Transverse measure from crest to crest or trough to trough.
Longitudinal measure from one compression to the next.
The number of complete waves that
pass a given point in a certain amount of
time.
Frequency measured in hertz
SPEED, WAVE LENGTH & FREQUENCY
The speed, wavelength, and frequency of a wave are related to each other by a mathematical formula.
Speed = wavelength x frequency Frequency = speed/wavelength Wavelength = speed/frequency