Key Stage 3
Meaning
A wave is a vibration that transfers energy from one location to another.
About Waves
- Waves can transmit energy and information from one place to another.
- Waves travel through a medium that allows the vibration.
When a wave meets a boundary between two materials it can be:
- There are two types of wave; transverse and longitudinal.
- In longitudinal waves the vibration is in the same direction as the energy transfer.
- In transverse waves the vibration is perpendicular to the direction as the energy transfer.
Examples
Water Waves
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A water wave appears as a transverse from the surface.
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Sound Waves
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Sound waves are longitudinal waves of compression.
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References
AQA
- Waves, page 181, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
- Waves, page 219, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Waves, pages 187-190, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA
- Waves, pages 190-237, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA
- Waves, pages 224-227, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Waves, pages 73-90, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
Edexcel
- Waves, page 164, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves, page 32, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves, pages 48-49, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
- Waves, pages 88-110, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; absorbed, page 56, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
- Waves; absorption, page 98, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; crossing boundaries, pages 56-57, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
- Waves; dangers of EM waves, page 136, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; infrasound, page 109, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; longitudinal, page 58, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
- Waves; longitudinal, pages 88, 89, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; reflection, pages 98, 115, 116, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; refraction, pages 98-102, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; seismic waves, pages 109, 11, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; seismic, page 37, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; sound, page 35, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; sound, pages 95, 103, 104, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; speed, pages 50-51, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
- Waves; speed, pages 93-97, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; transmission, page 98, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; transmitted, page 56, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
- Waves; transverse, page 58, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
- Waves; transverse, page 88, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; ultrasound, pages 106-108, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; velocity, pages 164-66, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; velocity, pages 32-36, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; wavefronts, pages 90, 101, 102, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel
- Waves; wavelength, page 91, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel