Waves

Waves

Waves are a disturbance that transfers energy through empty space or matter. Waves are everything from sound to light to ocean waves. Waves travel through a medium. A medium is matter that waves can travel through. Waves travel through a medium when the particles vibrate and it can pass energy from one particle to the next. Waves that require mediums are called Mechanical Waves. Another type of wave is Transverse Waves. Transverse waves are waves that occur when the particles move up and down.Transverse is another word for Moving across. Transverse waves have crests and troughs. Crests are the highest point of a transverse wave while Troughs are the lowest point of a transverse wave. Next wave is Longitude waves. In longitude waves medium particles vibrate back and forth, an example are sound waves. When particles are crowded together in a longitude wave it’s called a compression, and when the particles are spread apart it’s called a rarefaction. When Longitude and Transverse waves combine it creates surface waves, which includes properties of both waves.