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Waves can be…

• Water waves• Sound waves• Light waves• Earthquake waves• Waves in a slinky• Stadium waves

Waves transmit energy…

…waves do not move matter (objects) from one place to another like wind or water currents.

Instead, energy moves from place to place through waves…

…if matter moves, it vibrates in an up and down / side to side motion, a forward and back motion, or both (circular).

Wave – Any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty space.

Sunlight (radiation) travels outward in all directions.

Earthquake waves travel outward in all directions.

Medium

A Medium is a substance through which a wave can travel such as air, water, rock …

Electromagnetic Waves

• Waves that do not require a medium.

• Light travels by electromagnetic waves called radiation.

• Light (radiation) can travel through the emptiness of space (no medium) from the Sun to the Earth.

• Light (radiation) can also travel through many types of matter (medium) like air, water, glass…

Electromagnetic spectrum

A chart that organizes the types of electromagnetic energy in order by wavelength.

Visible light spectrum

What warms the Earth?• Nuclear Reactions in the Sun produce the

energy that is released in all directions as Electromagnetic radiation (light energy).

• This light energy travels through the emptiness of space as electromagnetic radiation and some of it reaches the Earth’s surface.

• When this light energy strikes the Earth’s surface, some of it is reflected off and some of it is absorbed then transferred into heat energy.

Mechanical Waves

• Waves that require a medium.

• Sound travels by mechanical waves

• Sound cannot travel through the emptiness of space (no medium).

• Sound waves need air, water, glass or some other matter to vibrate and thus travel through.

Crest & Trough

• Crest – The highest point of a transverse wave

• Trough - The lowest point of a transverse wave

Longitudinal Waves

Waves in which the particles of the medium move in the same direction as the direction the wave is traveling.

Compressions Rarefactions

Direction of travel

Compression & Rarefaction

• Compression – A part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together

• Rarefaction - A part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart

Surface waves • Form when a transverse wave and a

longitudinal wave combine.• The particles of the medium move both

perpendicular to and in the same direction as the direction the wave is traveling resulting in a circular motion.

• Water waves are surface waves.

Direction of travel

Circular motion

Waves are characterized by…

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

Waves are characterized by…• Amplitude – The maximum distance that

the particles of the wave’s medium vibrate from their rest position.

• Wavelength – The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave.

• Frequency – The number of waves produced in a given amount of time.

Frequency The number of waves produced in

a given amount of time.

High frequency &

Short wavelength

Low frequency & Long wavelength

Wave Reflection

The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not go through.

Resonant frequency

The frequency at which standing waves are made.

Resonance

• breaking a wine glass using resonance – YouTube

• Girl breaks glass with voice – YouTube• Myth busters Breaking Glass with your voice!! pa

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Resonance

• Wine Glass Music – YouTube

• Glass music-Dance of the sugar plum fairy-Tchaikovsky – YouTube

Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom - YouTube

If an object can travel faster than the speed of sound, it will catch up to its own sound. The sound waves will compress and make a large “BOOM”.

Link to …

AP Physics Chapter 15 Study Guide.url

Wave animation website http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/demos.html

Wave TerminologyWave – Any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty space

Medium – a substance through which a wave can travel

Mechanical Wave – Waves that need a medium (substance)

Electromagnetic Wave - Waves that transfer energy without going through a medium

Transverse Wave – Waves in which the particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling

Longitudinal Wave - Waves in which the particles of the medium move in the same direction as the direction the wave is traveling

Surface Wave – Waves in which the particles of the medium move both perpendicular to and in the same direction as the direction the wave is traveling resulting in a circular motion

Perpendicular – At right angles to

Crest – The highest point of a transverse wave

Trough - The lowest point of a transverse wave

Compression – A part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together

Rarefaction - A part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart

Wave TerminologyWave – Any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty space

Medium – a substance through which a wave can travel

Mechanical Wave – Waves that need a medium (substance)

Electromagnetic Wave - Waves that transfer energy without going through a medium.

• Transverse Wave – Waves in which the particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling.

• Longitudinal Wave - Waves in which the particles of the medium move in the same direction as the direction the wave is traveling.

• Surface Wave – Waves in which the particles of the medium move both perpendicular to and in the same direction as the direction the wave is traveling resulting in a circular motion

• Perpendicular – At right angles to

• Crest – The highest point of a transverse wave

• Trough - The lowest point of a transverse wave

• Compression – A part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together

• Rarefaction - A part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart

Waves (1-2) Terms and Definitions

• Amplitude • Wavelength • Frequency • Hertz • Wave Speed

• Amplitude – The maximum distance that the particles of the wave’s medium vibrate from their rest position.

• Wavelength – The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave.

• Frequency – The number of waves produced in a given amount of time.

• Hertz – The units used when measuring wave frequency (number of waves per second).

• Wave Speed – The speed at which a wave travels through a medium.

Waves (1-3) Terms and Definitions

• Reflection• Echo• Refraction• Diffraction• Interference• Constructive Interference• Destructive Interference• Standing Wave• Resonant Frequencies• Resonance

• Reflection – The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not go through.

• Echo – A reflected sound wave

• Refraction – The bending of a wave as the wave passes between two substances and the speed of the wave changes.

• Diffraction – The bending of a wave around an obstacle or through an opening.

• Interference – The combination of two or more waves that result in a single wave.

• Constructive Interference – When two waves overlap and their energy is combined (crests line up with crests) to produce a wave with a larger amplitude and more energy than the original waves.

• Destructive Interference - When two waves overlap and their energy is canceled by the other wave (crests line up with troughs) to produce a wave with a smaller amplitude and less energy than the original waves.

• Standing Wave – A wave produced by both constructive and destructive interference that appears to be standing still.

• Resonant Frequencies – The frequency at which standing waves are made.

• Resonance – A phenomenon that occurs when two objects naturally vibrate at the same frequency: the sound produced by one object causes the other object to vibrate.

• Reflection – The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not go through.

• Echo – A reflected sound wave

• Refraction – The bending of a wave as the wave passes between two substances and the speed of the wave changes.

• Diffraction – The bending of a wave around an obstacle or through an opening.

• Interference – The combination of two or more waves that result in a single wave.

• Constructive Interference – When two waves overlap and their energy is combined (crests line up with crests) to produce a wave with a larger amplitude and more energy than the original waves.

• Destructive Interference - When two waves overlap and their energy is canceled by the other wave (crests line up with troughs) to produce a wave with a smaller amplitude and less energy than the original waves.

• Standing Wave – A wave produced by both constructive and destructive interference that appears to be standing still.

• Resonant Frequencies – The frequency at which standing waves are made.

• Resonance – A phenomenon that occurs when two objects naturally vibrate at the same frequency: the sound produced by one object causes the other object to vibrate.

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