GENERAL PROPERTIES OF WAVES INTRODUCTION TO WAVES INTRODUCTION
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GENERAL PROPERTIES OF WAVES INTRODUCTION TO WAVES
INTRODUCTION TO WAVES Throwing a pebble into a pond… l Tsunami (26 Dec 2004) l
S’pore not safe from Tsunami
PAIR WORK l What are some examples or applications of waves in everyday life?
What is a wave? l Spreading of disturbance from one place to another. l The source is a vibration or oscillation. l Energy is transferred from one point to another WITHOUT physical transfer of any material between the two points
Question… l Do waves need a medium to propagate?
THE WAVE GAME!!
ROPE WAVES l Flash Animation of Rope Waves l What do you observe about the wave motion? How is it similar to the human wave in the wave game?
Transverse Waves l Transverse waves travel in a direction PERPENDICULAR to the direction of the vibrations.
Transverse Waves Some Examples: water waves l rope waves l electromagnetic waves (example: light) l
Test Yourself! Rhonda sends a pulse along a rope. How does the position of a point on the rope, before the pulse comes, compare to the position after the pulse has passed?
The Slinky Coil What do you notice about the direction of the vibrations and the direction of the wave?
LONGITUDINAL WAVES Longitudinal waves travel in a direction PARALLEL to the direction of vibrations. l Example: Sound l
Challenge l Describe how the fans in a stadium must move in order to produce a longitudinal stadium wave.
One more question…. A wave is transporting energy from left to right. The particles of the medium are moving back and forth in a leftward and rightward direction. What type of wave is this? What if the particles move upward and downward?
THE WAVE GAME!! Part 2
Crests and Troughs Crests: points of maximum displacement on a wave l Troughs: points of minimum displacement on a wave l displacement CREST Distance along rope TROUGH
AMPLITUDE (A) Maximum Displacement from the rest or central position. l SI unit metre (m) l displacement crest amplitude distance along rope amplitude trough
Wavelength (λ) l The distance between two successive points of the same phase. Example: distance between two crests. SI unit: metre (m). displacement crest λ crest amplitude distance along rope amplitude trough
Frequency (f) l Number of complete waves generated per second (or number of cycles/oscillations per second) l SI unit: hertz (Hz)
Period (T) l Time taken to generate one complete wave (or to complete one cycle) l SI unit: second (s)
Relationship between T and f As f increases, T decreases
Putting everything together l Try this!
SUMMARY
FOOD FOR THOUGHT l In space films, we often hear the sound of the engine of the spaceship as the zoom past each other in outer space. We even hear the spaceship firing lasers at one another. What is seriously wrong in the films?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT l Why don't incoming ocean waves bring more water on to the shore until the beach is completely submerged?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT l How will the motion of water waves change as they move from deep to shallow water? How about from shallow to deep water? (Hint: Consider the speed of the waves)
- Do electromagnetic waves require a medium
- Light waves are transverse waves true or false
- Mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves similarities
- What is a rainbow
- What type of waves are sound waves? *
- Whats a reflected sound wave
- Carbon dioxide temperature
- Difference between matter waves and electromagnetic waves
- Mechanical vs electromagnetic
- Similarities of mechanical and electromagnetic waves
- Seismic waves
- Is a seismic wave mechanical or electromagnetic
- Compare and contrast p waves and s waves using venn diagram
- Mechanical wave and electromagnetic wave
- Difference between constructive and destructive waves
- How do matter and energy interact when waves are generated
- Basic properties of waves
- Detail the measurable properties for all waves
- Properties of mechanical wave
- Properties of mechanical waves
- Properties of mechanical waves
- One of the disadvantage of magnetostriction oscillator is
- 4 basic properties of waves
- What is wave motion
- Extensive vs intensive quantity
- Physical and chemical properties
- Name the machine which is smart and modern
- Properties of gas
- 12 properties of matter