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Wave
Disturbances
Ride
the wave! Learn how vibrations in materials create wave disturbances
that spread away from the source.
What
do all wave have in common
What do waterwaves, microwaves, sound waves and radio waves
all have in common? They all transfer energy from one place
to another.
Waves
Waves are rhythmic disturbances that carry energy and matter
through space. Waves are measured by their wavelength, the
distance between one wave and the identical point on another.
Oceans or lake waves can also be described as how high they
appear above the normal water level.
Wave
Frequency
The frequency of a wave is the number of wave crests that
pass one place each second. Frequency is expressed in hertz
(Hz), which is the same as one wave per second. As frequency
increasing, wavelength becomes shorter because the speed of
the wave remains constant. In other words, as the frequency
increases, the wavelength decreases. To determine how fast
a wave is travling or how fast a wave more forward, this type
of velocity can be found by multiplying the wavelength by
the frequency.
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