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Waves Web Quest
Answer the following questions using complete sentences and detailed diagrams.
Go to following web site:
http://www.msu.edu/user/brechtjo/physics/waves/waves.html
1. Use the current wavelength and press Go. Study the model. Now change the wavelength
to 100 and press Go– draw and compare your results (note the change in frequency).
2. Change the wavelength to 10 and press Go– draw and compare your results
3. Based on your drawings in questions 1 & 2, what happens to frequency when wavelength
decreases?
Go to following web site:
http://www.surendranath.org/Applets/Waves/LWave01/LW01.html
4. Draw the longitudinal wave with high amplitude and low frequency
5. Draw the longitudinal wave with low amplitude and low frequency
6. What is the difference between the waves in questions # 4 & 5?
Go to the following web site:
http://zonalandeducation.com/mstm/physics/waves/standingWaves/understandingSWDia1/
UnderstandingSWDia1.html
13. Change the diagram to the 5th Harmonic. Draw the diagram of the 5th Harmonic and label
the Nodes and Antinodes.
Complete the “Waves Virtual Lab” data table and questions below:
Go to the following web site:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E05/E05.html
“Waves: What are some characteristics of waves?
Directions: Read the characteristics of waves on the left hand side of the screen.
Then complete the Virtual Lab by choosing different plunger speeds and sizes.
Plunger Speed
Plunger Size
Amplitude (cm)
Wavelength (cm)
Frequency (waves per sec.)
Virtual Lab Questions
1. How does the size of the ball on the plunger affect the amplitude of the waves?
2. What effect, if any, does increasing the speed of the plunger have on the frequency of
the waves?
3. What effect, if any, does increasing the speed of the plunger have on the wavelength of
the waves?
4. What is the relationship between the frequency and the wavelength of a wave?
5. What effect, if any, does frequency have on the amplitude of a wave?
6. What relationship exists between the amplitude of a wave and amount of disturbance
in the water?