2.+What+is+a+Wave?

=What is a Wave?=


 * a wave transports energy
 * energy is transported in a wave through the disturbance of the particles in the medium

**Do you realise that in a stadium wave, each person merely stands up and down but they do NOT move with the wave?** **Yet the wave is said to be "moving" from corner of the stadium to another!**

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Try making a wave yourself. Observe that the particles do not move with the wave!

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Read more about waves here!