2. WAVE MOTION: THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY
FROM ONE POIN TO OTHER IN A MEDIUM IS CALLED
WAVE MOTION
3. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF WAVES
* LONGITUDINAL WAVE
* TRANSVERSE WAVE
4. TRANSVERSE WAVE:
IF THE PARTICLE INA MEDIUM VIBRATES
PERPENDICULAR TO THE PROPAGATION OF THE
WAVW, THEN SUCH TYPE OF WAVES ARE CALLED
TRANSVERSE WAVE
5.
6. LONITUDINAL WAVE:
IF THE PARTICLE INA MEDIUM VIBRATES PARELLEL TO
THE PROPGATION OF THE WAVE SUCH TYPES OF
WAVES ARE CALLED LONGITUDINAL WAVE.
7.
8. COMPARISON OF TRANSVERSE WAVE AND
LONGITUDINAL WAVE
•Transverse wave require no medium to travel, but
longitudinal wave require a medium to travel
•longitudinal wave produce pressure difference in
medium but transverse produce no pressure
difference.
•Sound is a longitudinal medium and light is transverse
wave