4 Types of Waves – Physics 11

Periodic Wave Description: Wave recurring at regular intervals.

Pulse Wave Description: Non-repeating wave.

Longitude Wave Description: Several turns of the spring are compressed and let go. Disturbance is in the same direction as the direction of the travel, “Lengthwise.”

Transverse Wave Description: Spring is pulled sideways (disturbance is at right angle to the direction that the wave will travel).

“Across.”

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