Types of Waves | angela-energy

Learning Target(s):

Students will describe waves.

Students will compare different types of waves.

VOCABULARY

wave- a disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location.

medium- a substance or material that carries the wave.

mechanical wave- a wave that is not capable of transmitting its energy through a vacuum. Mechanical waves require a medium in order to transport their energy from one location to another.

electromagnetic wave- a wave that is capable of transmitting its energy through a vacuum

transverse wave- a wave in which particles of the medium move in a direction perpendicular to the direction that the wave moves.

longitudinal wave- a wave in which particles of the medium move in a direction parallel to the direction that the wave moves.

surface wave- a wave in which particles of the medium undergo a circular motion.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

Longitudinal

Compression
Parallel
Back and fourth

EX: Sound

Both

Motion of a wave

Transverse

Up and down
Perpendicular

EX: Water Waves

Mechanical

Medium

EX: Water

Both

Carry Energy

Electromagnetic

No Medium

EX: Light (electormagentic) spectrum

Surface Waves

has characteristics of both longitudinal and transverse waves.

Particals move in a direction that are both parallel and perpendicular to the direction of the water wave.

This pictures shows a longitudinal wave and a transverse. Longitudinal lines compress and decompress while transverse waves go up and down. Both of this waves are a type of motion.

this video explains the types of waves there are. it also explains How they are created, how some look diffoferent but are the same. it gives us the example how these waves have been involved in the past bridge shake itself in 1940, earthquakes and in many other natural disasters.