Wave Parts
What is the highest point of the wave?
Crest
When wavelength is longer, does energy increase or decrease?
Decrease
In what wave do the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave energy?
Longitudinal
What is frequency?
The number of crests found in a wave during a 1 second interval
What is potential and kinetic energy?
Potential energy is stored in the position/arrangement of an object. Kinetic energy is stored in the motion of an object.
What is the lowest point of the wave?
Trough
When frequency is higher, does energy increase or decrease?
Increase
In what wave do the particles of the medium vibrate perpendicular to the direction of the wave energy?
Transverse
In an ocean wave, what is the medium?
Water
What was the energy transformation in our paper plane lab?
Elastic --> Mechanical
What is the height of the wave?
Amplitude
When amplitude is higher, does energy increase or decrease?
Increase
When we moved the slinky up and down to make a wave, was it a transverse or longitudinal wave?
Transverse
Is sound a longitudinal or transverse wave?
Longitudinal
What is the energy transformation found in circuit with a battery, electrical wires, and a light bulb?
Chemical --> Electrical --> Light --> Thermal
What is the distance between 2 crests?
What is the difference between a mechanical and electromagnetic wave?
Mechanical waves require a medium to transfer energy
In a longitudinal wave, what is it called when the waves are close together and when they are far apart?
Compressions and rarefactions
How can we use a slinky to show transverse and longitudinal waves?
Transverse: shake slinky up and down, Longitudinal: run finger along the slinky or bunch up ends and let go
What is the difference between energy transfer and energy transformation?
Transfer: moving location, Transformation: changing form of energy