science

• Waves


  • Regular and periodic movement of molecules
• Medium


  Any material in which the waves travel
• Medium


  • Can be a solid, liquid, or gas
• Vacuum


  Ability or inability of waves to transfer energy through an empty space
• Electromagnetic wave


  Wave transmitting its energy through Vacuum
• Electromagnetic wave


  • Produced from the vibration of charged particles
• Mechanical wave


  Type of wave that is not capable of transmitting energy through vacuum
• Mechanical wave


  • Requires medium to transport energy to the other (air or water)
• Mechanical wave


  • Sound
• Mechanical wave


  • Slinky
  • Water
• Transverse wave


  Wave in which the oscillation is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels
• Transverse wave


  • Medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave
• Longitudinal wave


  Wave in which the oscillation is along the direction the wave travels
• Longitudinal wave


  • Medium moves back and forth in the same direction as the wave
• Compressions


  Particles are closest together
• Rarefactions


  Particles are far from each other