Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Waves transfer energy from one place to another. Light from the Sun travels through space and through the atmosphere ...

A transverse wave is one in which the vibrations of the ... Peak - the highest point above the rest position. Trough - the lowest point below the rest position. Amplitude - the maximum ...

Transverse waves, as NASA notes ... we’re referring to how fast these longitudinal waves move from peak to trough and back to peak. Up … and then down … and then up … and then down.