This physics tutorial features text and animations explaining the particle motion of a medium through which transverse, longitudinal, or surface waves move.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] By watching video clips, doing interactives, and reading text, students discover how mechanical waves transfer energy and how the waves require a medium to propagate...

By the end of this section, you will be able to describe various characteristics associated with a wave and differentiate between transverse and longitudinal waves.

This physics tutorial helps students categorize waves based on distinguishing, observable characteristics.