general wave properties 🏄‍♀️

Question 1

what is a wave?

Answer 1

wave is a periodic motion that transfers energy from one point to another without transferring any matter

Question 2

what is a transverse wave?

Answer 2

a wave that travels perpendicular to the direction of the vibration

Question 3

what is a longitudinal wave?

Answer 3

a wave that travels parallel to the direction of the vibration

Question 4

what is amplitude?

Answer 4

maximum displacement of a point from its rest position (source dependent)

Question 5

what is wavelength?

Answer 5

the length of one full wave from one point to the next same point (medium dependent)

Question 6

what is period?

Answer 6

the time taken to produce a full wave (source dependent)

Question 7

what is frequency?

Answer 7

the number of complete waves produced per second (source dependent)

Question 8

what is wavefront?

Answer 8

an imaginary line on a wave that joins adjacent points on the line at the crest

Question 9

what happens to a wave when it enters shallower water?

Answer 9

wavelength decreases frequency stays the same, speed decreases