Class Starter: Waves What are some examples of waves in nature?

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2 Class Starter: Waves What are some examples of waves in nature?
What are some variables that can be used to measure waves? Do different types of waves exist? Explain. Can you hear sounds in outer space? Explain your answer.

3 Class Starter- Waves What are some examples of waves in nature?
ripples in a pond, a guitar string, an earthquake What are some variables can we use to measure waves? wavelength, frequency, amplitude Do different types of waves exist? Explain. mechanical waves: longitudinal and transverse electromagnetic waves Can you hear sounds in outer space? Explain your answer.

4 Wave a disturbance that propagates(travels)
through a material medium or space. In order for a mechanical wave to exist, energy is needed to create a disturbance in an elastic medium. Waves transfer energy without the transport of matter.

5 ELECTROMAGNETIC waves.
No medium is needed for ELECTROMAGNETIC waves. Light, radio, x-rays, and gamma rays are some examples of e/m waves. All e/m waves travel through free space at a speed of approximately 3.00 x 108 m/s or 186,000 miles/sec. This speed is known as the speed of light.

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7 TRANSVERSE LONGITUDINAL
The displacement of the particles of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. LONGITUDINAL The displacement of the particles of the medium is parallel to the direction of wave propagation.

8 Characteristics of Transverse Waves

9 Characteristics of Longitudinal Waves

10 Click here, here, and here transverse and longitudinal waves.
to view simulations of transverse and longitudinal waves.

11 the maximum displacement of a particle of the medium from
Amplitude the maximum displacement of a particle of the medium from the rest or equilibrium position denoted by A and measured in units of length

12 is the length of a wave’s complete cycle
Wavelength is the length of a wave’s complete cycle denoted by l and measured in units of length

13 Frequency - the number of complete vibrations per unit time
denoted by f and measured in units of Hz

14 Velocity - the speed of the wave
denoted by v and measured in units of dist/time The speed of a wave depends on the properties of the medium through which it is traveling.

15 Reflection the turning back of a wave when
it reaches the boundary of the medium through which it is traveling

16 the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection
Law of Reflection the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection

17 Refraction the bending of a wave as it passes obliquely from one medium into another of different propagation speed For refraction to occur, the wave must change speed and must enter the new medium at an oblique angle.

18 Diffraction the spreading of a wave around a barrier or
through an opening

19 result of two wave trains of the same
A standing wave is the result of two wave trains of the same wavelength, frequency, and amplitude traveling in opposite directions through the same medium.

20 Learn more about standing waves here, here, and here.
Click here to view a simulation of the interference of two traveling waves that can result in a standing wave. Click here to view a simulation of standing waves on a string. Standing waves may be produced easily in water, string, and air columns.

21 Doppler Effect the change in frequency due to the relative
motion of the wave source and the observer The observed frequency is higher when the source and observer are getting closer. The observed frequency is lower when the source and observer are getting farther away.

22 Click here, here, here, and here
to run simulations of the Doppler Effect. The Doppler Effect can be evident for all types of waves – including light, sound, water, etc…