Page 5 - WAVES

Example

 Drop a stone in a quite pond.
 It will produce a wave that moves out from the center in expanding circles.

 It is the disturbance that moves, not the water.
 After the disturbance passes, the water is where it was before the wave was produced .

Wave moves outwards

Cork moves up and down as
the wave passes

source
The energy transferred from a ____________________(the stone) to a ___________
receiver
matter
(the cork) which does not involve the transfer of ___________(water).

The string and water is the medium through which wave energy travels.

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