Waves 1
True or false, sound waves are pressure waves?
True
What happens first, lightning or thunder?
Lightning
Heat goes from...
Hot to cold!
Why is air a bad conductor of heat?
Particles too far apart
Name three kinds of waves
Sound, light. microwave, UV rays, xrays, radio
How does a sound wave move?
Like a slinky, pushes energy forward
Heat is...
Energy
Ms. Claire wanted to scoop ice cream more easily, so she heats up the ice cream scoop. When she scoops the ice cream, it comes out way more easily. What happened?
The particles in the spoon heated up to melt the ice cream.
If a sound is softer, what will the amplitude look like?
Smaller amplitude
Is a light is brighter, what will the amplitude look like?
Bigger amplitude
A cup of hot tea and a cup of cold juice are sitting on a desk in a cold room. What would happen to the tea after one hour?
The tea would get cooler and warm the air around it.
What happens when a hot cup of hot chocolate is left out in a cold room?
hot chocolate will get cool and air will get warm
What are the three ways we understand waves? (Hint, window, black paper and mirror
How does a light wave move?
Up and down or side to side
Sanyla has hot toast with butter every day. She notices that the butter melts on her toast. Why does the butter melt?
because heat from the hot toast moves into the cool butter
After basketball practice, Daniel puts a cold washcloth over his forehead and lays down on the couch. Eventually, the washcloth feels warm. What happened?
The heat from Daniel’s head went into the washcloth.