Introduction Waves are the way energy moves from one place to another, therefore this means that waves are all around us. Waves of energy are made up of vibrating particles such as molecules and electrons. Even though waves are all around us the particles with in the waves do not move around. There are to main types of energy waves which are compression/longitudinal waves and also transverse waves.There are 4 types of waves that are around you this includes: sound waves,light waves, radio waves, seismic waves