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The Surfing GB team help demonstrate the different types of wave.
Jon Chase is on the beach with the Surfing GB junior team. His mission is to find out what different types of wave there are, and how they work. With Britain’s best young surfers, Jon investigates sea waves. How does the wave travel towards the shore, but the sea water does not? Using demonstrations on the beach and his animated sketchbook Jon looks at the two main types of wave. Sea waves, light waves, and Mexican waves are all transverse waves. Sound waves are longitudinal waves.
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