time taken to produce one wave symbol - T, unit - s period

direction of wave is parallel to the direction of vibration of the particles longitudinal example - sound wave

number of waves produced per unit time symbol - f, unit - Hertz (Hz) frequency types maximum displacement of the particle symbol - a, unit - cm or m terms used to describe wave minimum distance between 2 particles that are in-phase symbol -, unit - cm or m transverse amplitude

direction of wave is perpendicular to the direction of the vibration of the particles water wave example electromagnetic waves gamma x ray ultraviolet (uv) visible light transfer energy

Waves
what it does what is doesn't it doesn't transfer matter (when a wave pass through a medium, it does not carry the particles in the medium to move along with it)

infrared microwave radiowave

wavelength

distance moved by the wave in a unit time symbol - v, unit - m/s

speed