Sound Waves
- Sound waves are compressional waves
- Compressional waves vibrate the medium (in this case air) in the same direction the wave travels
- Sound waves are also mechanical waves
- Mechanical waves have to have a medium to travel through.
Sound and Light Interactive Science
http://science-class.net/Notes/Notes_waves.htm
http://outreach.phas.ubc.ca/phys420/p420_05/anthony/The%20Physics%20of%20Tsunamis.htm
http://science-class.net/Notes/Notes_waves.htm
http://outreach.phas.ubc.ca/phys420/p420_05/anthony/The%20Physics%20of%20Tsunamis.htm
Trevor B