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length of one full wave (crest to crest or trough to trough)
Unit: meters
Symbol: Greek letter lambda

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Height of a wave from center
Symbol: A
Unit: meters

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Period: Time it takes for one wave
Calculation: total time/# of waves
Unit: seconds

Frequency: Amount of waves per second
Calculation: # of waves / total time
Unit: Hz

Relationship: T=1/f

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Wave speed is product of wavelength and frequency.
BUT, frequency and wavelength are inversely proportional
This means, increase frequency causes decrease in wavelength

Frequency DOES NOT effect wave speed

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Speed at which the wave travels through a medium
Symbol: v
Unit: m/s
Calculation: v= distance traveled/time

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Ways to describe wave properties

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The medium moves perpendicular to energy's motion.

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The medium and energy move in the same direction (parallel)

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Do not require a medium, for example, light! These waves can move in a vacuum like space.

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Require a medium to move through

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Categorized based on particle motion

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What the wave travels through. We can categorized waves in two ways...

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Disturbance that travels through matter or space and TRANSFERS ENERGY!