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Facts about Waves

6 Steps To Have Them “Sea Sick” (lots of waves, get it?)Get a short haircut and edge up.Brush your hair for 1-2 minutes with a wave-brush.Put a washcloth in running hot water, squeeze some water from the rag, and then place hot wash cloth on top of your hair and wipe down.More items...

We study the physics of waves because it provides a rich glimpse into the physical world that we seek to understand and describe as students of physics. ... The waves are created by some form of a disturbance, such as a rock thrown into the water, a duck shaking its tail in the water or a boat moving through the water.

There are three categories:Longitudinal wave *s - Movement of the particles are parallel to the motion of the energy. ... Transverse wave *s - movement of the particles are at right angles (perpendicular) to the motion of the energy. ... Surface wave *s - particles travel in a circular motion.

Mechanical Waves are waves which propagate through a material medium (solid, liquid, or gas) at a wave speed which depends on the elastic and inertial properties of that medium. There are two basic types of wave motion for mechanical waves: longitudinal waves and transverse waves.

Electromagnetic waves are made of oscillating magnetic and electric fields and, like all waves, they carry energy. There are many types of electromagnetic waves. From lowest energy to highest energy (red to blue) there are radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays and gamma rays.

Cones in our eyes are receivers for these tiny visible light waves. The Sun is a natural source for visible light waves and our eyes see the reflection of this sunlight off the objects around us. The color of an object that we see is the color of light reflected. All other colors are absorbed.