it has to do with physics and chemistry
2006-12-02 08:16:49 · 3 answers · asked by Chana M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A wave is basically the motion of energy. It travels through a material or medium by transferring energy from one point to the next without causing permanent displacement of the medium. For example, when the energy of the ocean moves along the surface of the ocean it creates waves that eventually break on the shore. The water in the wave moves very little. The energy just creates a circular motion of the water. This allows the energy at the surface to move through the water in a wave motion without displacing the water.
2006-12-02 08:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by geekteacher1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
waves can be kinda different in nature. There's compression waves and shear waves in earthquakes. I guess though, that a wave is energy moving though a medium in kind of a domino effect, where each particle affects the particle next to it and the energy progresses through the material like that. I remember that in physics we found out that waves conform to either the sin function or the cos function (either one works).
2006-12-02 16:23:19 · answer #2 · answered by Richard A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perodic disturbance a back and fourth change of some kind that is repeated regularly as time goes on that energy spreads energy from a source and carries energy with it
2006-12-02 16:31:11 · answer #3 · answered by lisat2yr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋