NSES Content Standard B Physical Science: Interactions of energy and matter Grades 9-12, page 180 Waves, including sound and seismic waves, waves on water, and light waves, have energy and can transfer energy when they interact with matter.

 
Benchmark 4F The Physical Setting: Motion
Grades 6-8, page 90
Vibrations in materials set up wavelike disturbances that spread away from the source. Sound and earthquake waves are examples. These and other waves move at different speeds in different materials.

Benchmark 4F The Physical Setting: Motion
Grades 9-12, page 92
Waves can superpose on one another, bend around corners, reflect off surfaces, be absorbed by materials they enter, and change direction when entering a new material. All these effects vary with wavelength. The energy of waves (like any form of energy) can be changed into other forms of energy.