After this lesson, you should be able to:

• Define a transverse wave as a periodic succession of transverse pulses
• Define wavelength, frequency, period, crest and trough of a wave
• Explain the wave concepts “in phase” and “out of phase”
• Identify points on a snapshot of a wave which are either in phase or out of phase
• Know the link between frequency and period of a wave
• Define wave speed (v = f \(\lambda\))
• Use the wave equation to solve problems on transverse waves