Properties of Waves

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Mind Map on Properties of Waves, created by ichaves on 21/04/2016.
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Properties of Waves
  1. Waves only transfer energy
    1. Transverse waves
      1. The vibrations are perpendicular to the direction of traves.
        1. Waves in water
          1. Light waves
          2. Longitudinal waves
            1. The vibrations are parallel to the direction of travel.
              1. Sound waves
            2. Wavelength λ
              1. Is the length of a full cyrcle of a wave.
              2. Amplitude
                1. Is the size of a wave.
                2. Frequency
                  1. Is the number of complete waves to pass a point every second.
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