Take Notes

What is the difference between a wave and energy?

What is the difference between a wavelength and amplitude?

What is the difference between frequency and wavelength?

What is the difference between a wave and a medium?

Vocabulary

Amplitude A wave’s intensity; the maximum distance a waves carries the particles of a medium from one place to another

Energy The ability todo work. Examples of energy include light, sound, heat and electricity

Frequency The number of waves produced during a given amount of time

Medium Matter such as a liquid, gas or solid that mechanical waves carry energy through

Wave A disturbance that carries energy from one place to another

Wavelength The distance between any point on a wave to an identical point in the next wave