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What is a Wave?What is a Wave?
Chapter 10 Section 1Chapter 10 Section 1Glencoe Pages 288-293Glencoe Pages 288-293
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I. Types of waves I. Types of waves A. What is a wave?A. What is a wave?
1. Wave – a disturbance that carries 1. Wave – a disturbance that carries energyenergy
through matter or spacethrough matter or space
the matter moves very littlethe matter moves very little
the energy movesthe energy moves
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Most waves travel through a Most waves travel through a mediummedium2. Most waves travel through a medium2. Most waves travel through a medium
a. medium – matter through a. medium – matter through which awhich a
wave travelswave travels
ripples in a pond move through ripples in a pond move through waterwater
sound waves travel through the airsound waves travel through the air
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Mechanical wavesMechanical waves
b. Mechanical waves – waves that b. Mechanical waves – waves that require arequire a
medium to travel medium to travel
almost all waves are of this almost all waves are of this typetype
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Electromagnetic wavesElectromagnetic waves
c. Electromagnetic waves – waves caused by c. Electromagnetic waves – waves caused by electric and magnetic fields that do not electric and magnetic fields that do not require a mediumrequire a medium
Electromagnetic spectrum of waves,Electromagnetic spectrum of waves,
consisting of: consisting of: Radio waves, Microwaves, Infrared waves, Radio waves, Microwaves, Infrared waves,
Visible light, Ultraviolet waves, X-rays, and Visible light, Ultraviolet waves, X-rays, and Gamma rays Gamma rays
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Electromagnetic wavesElectromagnetic waves
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Electromagnetic wavesElectromagnetic waves
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Electromagnetic wavesElectromagnetic waves
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Wave EnergyWave Energy3. Waves transfer energy3. Waves transfer energy energy is the ability to do workenergy is the ability to do work waves have energy therefore waves can do waves have energy therefore waves can do
workworkexample:example: water waves on a boatwater waves on a boat
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Wave EnergyWave Energy
Example: light waves on the eyesExample: light waves on the eyes
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Wave EnergyWave Energy
Example: sound waves on your Example: sound waves on your eardrumeardrum
*Bigger waves carry more energy*Bigger waves carry more energy
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Wave EnergyWave Energy4. Energy may spread out as a wave travels4. Energy may spread out as a wave travels
- sound waves, ripples in a pond move out - sound waves, ripples in a pond move out
in circular patterns called wave fronts,in circular patterns called wave fronts,
and get bigger farther from the sourceand get bigger farther from the source
and the energy spreads out along theand the energy spreads out along the
entire wave frontentire wave front
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B. Vibrations and wavesB. Vibrations and waves
1. Most waves are 1. Most waves are created by a created by a vibratingvibrating
objectobject
2. Vibrations involve a 2. Vibrations involve a
transformation oftransformation of
energy, generallyenergy, generally
between potentialbetween potential
and kineticand kinetic
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C. Transverse and longitudinal C. Transverse and longitudinal waveswaves
1. Particles in a medium can vibrate 1. Particles in a medium can vibrate upup
and down or back and forthand down or back and forth
2. Waves are classified by the 2. Waves are classified by the direction ofdirection of
particle movementparticle movement
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Transverse and longitudinal Transverse and longitudinal waveswaves
3. Transverse waves – waves causing the 3. Transverse waves – waves causing the particles of the medium to vibrate particles of the medium to vibrate perpendicular to the direction the wave is perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling.traveling.Ex. Crowd doing the wave, light wavesEx. Crowd doing the wave, light waves
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Transverse and longitudinal Transverse and longitudinal waveswaves
4. Longitudinal waves – waves causing the medium 4. Longitudinal waves – waves causing the medium particles to move parallel to the wave’s direction of particles to move parallel to the wave’s direction of traveltravel
squeezing together (compression) squeezing together (compression) spreading apart (rarefactions)spreading apart (rarefactions)
ex. Sound wavesex. Sound waves
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Surface wavesSurface waves5. Surface waves – occur at 5. Surface waves – occur at
boundaries between different boundaries between different mediumsmediums
air and waterair and water
- these waves move both in a - these waves move both in a transverse and a longitudinal transverse and a longitudinal way.way.