Transverse Waves
Vocabulary
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Longitudinal Waves
Potpourri
100

Light waves must have a medium to travel through in order for us to see.

False

100

The lowest part of a transverse wave is _______

The Trough

100

BONUS QUESTION!

Select 1 Member of your Team to come up to the board and write down all parts phases of the Electromagnetic Spectrum, in order, in ascending frequency.

100 points for each correct answer 

Radio Waves, Microwaves, Infrared Waves, Visible Light, Ultraviolet Waves, X-Rays, Gamma Rays

100
If you screamed underwater or above water, which would you hear first and why?

You would hear the scream underwater first because liquid particles are closer together, so the sound travels more quickly through that medium. 

100

A student looks at a shirt and sees it is blue.  What colors are being reflected and which are being absorbed?

Blue is being reflected and all other colors are being absorbed

200

BONUS QUESTION!

Select 1 teammate to answer: How do light waves differ from sound waves?  Provide the 3 examples discussed in class.

100 points for each correct answer.  500 points if all three correct.

Light waves are not mechanical and do not need a medium.
Light waves travel faster.
Light waves are transverse and sound waves are longitudinal.

200

______is how much matter or mass there is in a given amount of space or volume

Density

200

A studen looks at a shirt and sees the color blue.  What color(s) are being reflected and which are being absorbed?

Blue is being reflected.  All others are being absorbed

200

Spread-out areas or areas of decreased pressure on a sound wave are known as a ______

Rarefaction

200

Sound waves are higher in pitch and louder as they move towards you, and lower and quieter as they move away


The Doppler Effect

300

The higher the _______________ the more energy a wave carries 

Amplitude 

300

Light from the sun or a flashlight carries this _____

Energy

300

_____ have the longest wavelengths and lowest frequencies of all electromagnetic waves.

Radio Waves

300

In Longitudinal waves, how do the molecules in the medium move


Parallel to the direction of the wave

300

In music, each key is registered to a specific frequency.  

In 1977, this legendary R&B artist won his 10th Grammy for his Album "Songs in the Key of Life"  

Songs include Isn't She Lovely, I Wish, and Sir Duke

Stevie Wonder

400

The light and heat energy that comes from the sun, comes to Earth in the form of _________________.

Radiation

400

DAILY DOUBLE- wager any amount of points you currently have.  

This determines your awareness of the energy of a sound.  It depends on the energy and intensity of the sound wave

Loudness

400

This type of Wave causes skin cancer

Ultraviolet Light

400

The spreading out of waves as they pass through or around objects


Diffraction

400

BONUS QUESTION!!

Select 1 person to take down the paper on the board. Label all parts of the transverse wave.

All parts must be correct-  Worth a total of 500 points

Correct labels of:  Wavelength, Crest, Trough, Amplitude, Frequency
500

Bobby creates a wave at a constant speed of 24 m/s. As frequency changes, what happens to the wavelength?

If we increase the frequency from 8m/s to 10/s.  Wavelength will go from ___ to _____?

Frequency and Wavelength have an inverse relationship.  When one goes up, the other goes down.


In the question, Wavelength will drop from 3 to 2.4

500

The Electromagnetic Spectrum increases from left to right in________________.

Frequency 

500

 __________waves have the highest frequency and shortest wavelength

Gamma Rays. 

500

When Mr. Dicken lowers the pitch of his voice, what changes in the wave?

The frequency of the wave decreases

Wavelength will increase

500
Inside your eye, Rods interpret _________ while cones interpret___________


Rods interpret White, Black, and Shades of Gray

Cones need more light and interpret colors

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