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Explore the properties, types, and calculations related to waves. Learn about amplitude, wavelength, frequency, and speed of waves in various mediums and contexts.
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WAVE IF YOU GET IT • Before you start collecting data: • What questions must your team answer about your model(s)? • Has your model(s) been designed in a way that you can collect and communicate evidence to demonstrate wave energy?
Introduction to WavesNovember, 2015 Copy today’s home learning into your agenda Start a new page of Cornell notes Title the page with the heading shown above FQ: What ARE THE properties of waves?
Waves & Energy – the ability to do work • Energy • Wave – a disturbance that transfers ENERGY from place to place
What carries Waves? • Medium – the material through which a wave travels • gases (air) • liquids (water) • solids (rope) • Mechanical wave: waves that require a medium through which to travel • What about outer space?
Not all waves are mechanical • Energy that travels through space: light • Not mechanical, but electromagnetic (more on this later)
Do waves carry the medium with them? • Does the ping-pong ball “ride” the wave? Consider: the medium is made of particles • The medium vibrates – moves in a repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion
Types of Waves • Rope • Slinky • Write down 3 things you notice about each picture.
Types of Waves - Transverse crest • Rope trough • Moves up & down or side-to-side • Wave moves medium at right angle to direction waves travel
Types of Waves - Longitudinal rarefaction compression • Moves the medium parallel to the direction the waves travel So u n d I s a l o n g i t u d i n a l w a v e
1. Amplitude Amplitude is distance particles move away from equilibrium (rest) More ENERGY = greater amplitude Amplitude Wavelength
Amplitude measured…. PRESSURE Distance away
2. Wavelength Wavelength is the distance between repeats (crest to crest, trough to trough, compression to compression, or rarefaction to rarefaction) Amplitude Wavelength
3. Frequency Frequency- number of vibrations (waves) in a certain amount of time. In one second the unit= Hertz (Hz)
4. Speed (v) See lightning before you hear thunder • Speed of light = 186,000 miles per second • Speed of light = 1,000,000 faster than sound • Speed formulas: • Speed = distance/time (v = d/t) • Speed = wavelength * frequency (v = λf) • Frequency = speed/wavelength (f = v/λ) • Wavelength = speed/frequency (λ = v/f)
Q: The speed of a wave on a rope is 50cm/s and its wavelength is 10cm. What is the wave’s frequency? (How many crests will pass a certain point every second?) • Speed = wavelength x frequency • Frequency = speed/wavelength • f = (50 cm/s)/(10 cm) • f = 5/s • f = 5 Hz
Q: Which wave property is directly related to energy? A: Amplitude The greater the energy, the greater the amplitude
Q: Which wave properties are distances? A: Wavelength = distance between two corresponding parts of a wave A: Amplitude = maximum distance the particles of the medium carrying the wave move away from their rest positions
Q: Which wave properties are measured relative to time? A: Speed = distance/time A: Frequency = number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time
Q: Two waves have the same wavelength and frequency. How do their speeds compare? (Which is greater, or are they the same?) Remember: Speed = wavelength x frequency A: If wavelength and frequency are equal, speeds are equal
Q: A wave’s frequency is 2 Hz and its wavelength is 4 m. What is its speed? Remember: Speed = wavelength x frequency Answer: • Speed = 4 m x 2 Hz • Speed = 4 m x 2 /s • Speed = 8 m/s
Q: A wave travels at 3 m/s along a spring toy. If the wavelength is 0.2 m, what is the wave’s frequency? Speed = wavelength x frequency Frequency = speed/wavelength Answer: • f = (3 m/s)/(0.2 m) • f = 15 /s • f = 15 Hz
How does your voice work? • What happens when you make your voice higher or lower? • Does bumping into matter affect a sound wave? • How can you change the straw to change the waves of sound energy? Science in Art - The Blue Man Group
crest trough compression rarefaction White boards ready! Electromagnetic • Which type of wave does NOT require a medium on which to travel? • Which type of wave DOES require a medium on which to travel? • What are the two types of mechanical waves? • Draw and label a transverse wave. • Draw and label a longitudinal wave. Mechanical Transverse and Longitudinal
amplitude, wavelength, frequency, speed wavelength • Name 4 properties of waves. • Which property of a wave is the distance from crest to crest? • Which property of a wave is the distance the medium moves from its resting position? • How much faster do light waves travel than sound waves? • What is the formula for calculating the speed of a wave? • Which type of wave moves the medium in a direction PARALLEL to the direction of the wave? amplitude 1,000,000 times faster v = λf longitudinal
Exit Slip • What is a mechanical wave? • What are the two types of mechanical waves? • Illustrate a crest & trough and explain them in your own words. • Make a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast transverse and longitudinal waves.
Update your Do-Now Chart • Amplitude • Wavelength • Frequency • Speed v = velocity (speed) λ = wavelength f = frequency v= λf f=v/ λλ=v/f