Question
State some important characteristics of wave motion.
Solution
Characteristics of wave motion are:
(i) Wave is the propagation of disturbance in the forward direction through the medium. The particles of the medium, merely vibrate about their mean positions.
(ii) Each particle receives vibrations a little later than its preceding particle.
(iii) Velocity of the wave is different from the velocity of the particles with which they vibrate about their mean positions.
(iv) The wave velocity remains constant in a given medium while the particle velocity changes continuously during its vibration about mean position.
