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Properties of Waves. There are many properties that scientists use to describe waves. They include amplitude, frequency, period, wavelength, speed, and phase. Each of these properties is described in more detail below. Graphing a Wave.
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A wave’s crest is its highest point, and its trough is its lowest point. A wave’s amplitude is the maximum distance (positive or negative) a wave reaches from its rest position. Wavelength is the distance between the same spot on two sections of a wave.
Course: Oscillations and waves (Essentials) - Class 11th > Unit 3. Lesson 2: Properties of waves. Properties of periodic waves. Understand: wave properties. Sound properties: amplitude, period, frequency, wavelength. Properties of transverse and longitudinal waves.
There are two types of graphs which can be used to represent waves: Displacement-distance graphs - these show how the displacement of a particle varies with the distance of wave travel and can be used to measure wavelength.
The Anatomy of a Wave Video Tutorial explains the meaning of wavelength and amplitude, discusses how to count the number of waves in a diagram of a wave pattern, and describes how to calculate the wavelength and the amplitude from a diagram.
As a wave, light has several basic properties that describe it. One is frequency, which counts the number of waves that pass by a given point in one second. Another is wavelength, the distance from the peak of one wave to the peak of the next.
Given a velocity and a period, you can imagine how far apart the peaks of the wave are. This distance is called the wavelength and is denoted by the Greek letter lambda λ. Wavelength is equal to the velocity divided by the frequency, λ = v/f.
