Three BIG Ideas with Waves

Three ____________________ waves are shown below. Each picture shows you how many waves pass a given point per second. A B C

Fill in the table below: Wave A B C

Wavelength (cm)

Amplitude (cm)

re!uency ("#)

$eriod (sec)

%elocity (cm&s)

'uestions( ). Comparing the waves *rom A+C, what happened to the *re!uency0. Comparing the waves *rom A+C, what happened to the period-

.ncreased .ncreased

or or

/ecreased /ecreased

BIG Idea #1 1sing your answers to !uestions )+0, how are *re!uency and period related to each otherAs the period increases the *re!uency _____________ and as the *re!uency increases the period ________________. 2ore 'uestions( 3. Comparing the waves *rom A+C, what happened to the wavelength4. Comparing the waves *rom A+C, what happened to the *re!uency.ncreased .ncreased or or /ecreased /ecreased

BIG Idea #2 1sing your answer to !uestions 3+4, how are the *re!uency and wavelength related to each otherAs the *re!uency decreases the wavelength _____________ and as the wavelength decreases the *re!uency ________________. Even 2ore 'uestions( 5. Which wave has the most energy- ("int( thin6 li6e a sur*er) 7. Which wave the *astest velocity-

BIG Idea #3 1sing your answers to !uestions 5+78 are the speed o* the wave and the amount o* energy it carries related to each other- E9plain your answer.

TEAC"E: '1E;T.<=; and <>><W+1$; BEFORE they start( A;? T"E;E '1E;T.<=; A; @<1 .=T:</1CE T"E ACT.%.T@ A=/ A:E EA$>A.=.=B W"AT T< /<. @ou can write these !uestions on the board, under the doc camera or something, but you should record their class answers so you can re*er bac6 to them later during the wrap+up. Which wave loo6s li6e it has the most energyWhich wave loo6s li6e it travels the *astestWhich wave has the highest *re!uencyWhich wave has the longest periodWhich wave has the shortest wavelengthWhere is the rest position and what does it represent-

AFTER they are inished( What mista6e did we ma6e in the beginning saying that wave A would travel the *astestWhat two things in*luence the speed o* a wave"ow are wavelength and period related"ow could you change wave C to ma6e it have more energy- /raw dashed lines on the e9isting wave to show this. /o you have to change the wavelength o* a wave to get it to have more energy-

BE CA:E 1> not to compare velocity with wavelength or *re!uency. This will con*use students later when we tal6 about the <1:T" big idea in that the only way to change the speed o* a wave is to change the medium that is it is going through, ..E. re*raction.