A ripple tank can be used to measure and calculate frequency, wavelength and the speed of waves on the surface of the water. A ripple tank is a transparent shallow tray of water with a light shining ...

Waves in water are transverse. This means that the vibrations causing the waves are perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer. As this little boat demonstrates, you can see that the waves are ...

IN the simplest form of ripple tank demonstration, a ‘point’ source of light placed below the tank is used for casting ‘shadows’ of the ripples on a screen. The ripples have a complicated lens action ...