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Lesson 1 - The Nature of a Wave; Waves and Wavelike Motion; What is a Wave? Categories of Waves; Lesson 2 - Properties of a Wave; The Anatomy of a Wave; Frequency and Period of a Wave; Energy Transport and the Amplitude of a Wave; The Speed of a Wave; The Wave Equation; Lesson 3 - Behavior of Waves; Boundary Behavior; Reflection, Refraction ...
- What is a Wave
Ocean waves do not transport water. An ocean wave could not...
- Categories of Waves
Mechanical waves require a medium in order to transport...
- Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction
Previously in Lesson 3, the behavior of waves traveling...
- Pendulum Motion
A simple pendulum consists of a relatively massive object -...
- Nodes and Anti-nodes
As mentioned earlier in Lesson 4, a standing wave pattern is...
- Motion of a Mass on a Spring
The motion of a mass attached to a spring is an example of a...
- Vibrational Motion
Wiggles, vibrations, and oscillations are an inseparable...
- Interference of Waves
Destructive Interference. Destructive interference is a type...
- What is a Wave
Sound waves, visible light waves, radio waves, microwaves, water waves, sine waves, cosine waves, stadium waves, earthquake waves, waves on a string, and slinky waves and are just a few of the examples of our daily encounters with waves. In addition to waves, there are a variety of phenomena in our physical world that resemble waves so closely that we can describe such phenomenon as being ...
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- Introduction
- Definitions
- Mechanism
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- Effects
- Properties
So waves are everywhere. But what makes a wave a wave? What characteristics, properties, or behaviors are shared by the phenomena that we typically characterize as being a wave? How can waves be described in a manner that allows us to understand their basic nature and qualities?
A wave can be described as a disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location. Consider a slinky wave as an example of a wave. When the slinky is stretched from end to end and is held at rest, it assumes a natural position known as the equilibrium or rest position. The coils of the slinky naturally assume this positio...
But what is meant by the word medium? A medium is a substance or material that carries the wave. You have perhaps heard of the phrase news media. The news media refers to the various institutions (newspaper offices, television stations, radio stations, etc.) within our society that carry the news from one location to another. The news moves through...
Consider the presence of a wave in a slinky. The first coil becomes disturbed and begins to push or pull on the second coil; this push or pull on the second coil will displace the second coil from its equilibrium position. As the second coil becomes displaced, it begins to push or pull on the third coil; the push or pull on the third coil displaces...
Waves are said to be an energy transport phenomenon. As a disturbance moves through a medium from one particle to its adjacent particle, energy is being transported from one end of the medium to the other. In a slinky wave, a person imparts energy to the first coil by doing work upon it. The first coil receives a large amount of energy that it subs...
3. Mac and Tosh are experimenting with pulses on a rope. They vibrate an end up and down to create the pulse and observe it moving from end to end. How does the position of a point on the rope, before the pulse comes, compare to the position after the pulse has passed?
4. Minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day, ocean waves continue to splash onto the shore. Explain why the beach is not completely submerged and why the middle of the ocean has not yet been depleted of its water supply.
5. A medium is able to transport a wave from one location to another because the particles of the medium are ____.
Dec 4, 2023 · Students learn about the types of waves and how they change direction, as well as basic wave properties such as wavelength, frequency, amplitude and speed. During the presentation of lecture information on wave characteristics and properties, students take notes using a handout. Then they label wave parts on a worksheet diagram and draw their own waves with specified properties (crest, trough ...
At the beginning of the lesson, the class will do a Think-Pair-Share to discuss the objective. Class Activity. Tell the students about how they'll be studying waves over the next few days. Ask the students if they can describe things that make waves like musical instruments, wind, sounds in general, earthquakes, and so on.
Vibrations and waves are everywhere. If you take any system and disturb it from a stable equilibrium, the resultant motion will be waves and vibrations. Think of a guitar string—pluck the string, and it vibrates. The sound waves generated make their way to our ears, and we hear the string’s sound. Our eyes see what’s happening because they receive the electromagnetic waves of the light ...
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May 9, 2023 · Exploring Waves Stations. Your students may already have ideas about mec h anical waves and electromagnetic waves, but now it’s time to explore some of the properties. This station activity should consist of observations, and you can also have your students to do some exploring. You can let your students know what the properties of a wave are.
