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Waves

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Wave is a disturbance of energy as it transfers from place to place.
Mechanical waves Mechanical waves are ocean waves, seismic waves, sound waves, and slinky waves because they need a medium to move through.
Compressional waves Compressional waves displace matter back and forth in the same direction as the energy of the wave.
Medium A medium is any kind of matter that is disturbed by energy.
Transverse wave A transverse wave carries the energy along the spring by making it move at right angles to the direction of the energy flow. Ocean waves and most electromagnetic waves move in a transverse pattern.
Crest The crest is the highest point on a wave.
Trough The trough is the lowest point on a wave.
Amplitude The distance between the rest line and the crest or the rest line and the trough is the amplitude.
Wavelength The wavelength is the distance between two crests or two troughs. Or compression to compression or rarefaction to rarefaction.
Frequency The frequency is the number of waves that pass by a given point in one second measured in hertz or waves per second.
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