General Wave Properties

Question 1

What is a wave?

Answer 1

Wave is a disturbance that travels through space or a medium in a series of oscillations

Question 2

Is Wave a vibration or oscillation?

Answer 2

Both Vibration and Oscillation

Question 3

What do Waves transfer?

Answer 3

Waves transfers energy from one point to another

Question 4

When Energy is transferred does the medium get transferred too?

Answer 4

No, energy is transferred without the medium being transferred

Question 5

What happens when you vibrate a slinky?

Answer 5

When you vibrate a slinky it forms a Wave

Question 6

When you vibrate a slinky does the slinky itself move forward?

Answer 6

No, the slinky itself does not move forward, only up and down.

Question 7

When a Slinky goes up and down and vibrates it vibrates around its…

Answer 7

Equilibrium

Question 8

When a Slinky goes up and down and vibrates the slinky is the…

Answer 8

Medium

Question 9

Because the slinky is the medium the wave goes through the medium and it transmits…

Answer 9

It transmits energy through the medium

Question 10

Because the slinky is the medium the wave goes through the medium and it transmits energy through the medium. Do the particles of the medium itself get transported?

Answer 10

No, the particles of the medium itself are not transported