1.) What forms mechanical waves? Unit: Sound and Light Lesson 1: What are Waves? Essential Questions: 1.) What forms mechanical waves? 2.) What are the types of mechanical waves?
What forms mechanical waves? A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy and causes a medium to vibrate.
The material through which a wave travels is called a medium The material through which a wave travels is called a medium. Waves that require a medium to travel through are called mechanical waves.
What are the types of mechanical waves? 1.) Transverse Waves (p.7)
2.) Longitudinal Waves (p.8)
3.) Surface Waves (p.9)