GCSE Physics

Waves

We all have some idea of what a wave is. Most of us have seen waves on the sea:
waves on the sea

Waves transfer energy from one place to another. They do this by vibrating something up and down, or back and forth.

In almost all waves, the direction of wave motion is at 90° to the oscillation. For others, the oscillations are in the same direction as the wave.


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