Waves-sound

• Examples of waves


  • light
  • sound
  • ocean waves
  • radio waves
  • ultraviolet radiation
• All waves transfer energy from one place to another
• Waves can be represented using diagrams
• Transverse waves


  • Particles vibrate at right angles to the direction that the wave is moving in
• Longitudinal waves


  • Particles move backwards and forwards a short distance in the same direction as the wave is moving in
• Longitudinal waves


  • Sound waves