LearningTargets–WavesandSound
Waveproperties
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1. Defineawave
2. Differentiatebetweenandgiveexamplesoflongitudinal(orcompression)andtransversewaves
3. Explainwhatmovesinawave
4. Definecrest/trough
5. Definefrequency,periodandwavelength
6. Defineamplitude
7. Definecompression/rarefaction
8. Definenodeandantinode
9. Defineandlocateonastandingwavediagramthefollowing:node,antinode,crest,trough,
wavelength,amplitude
Wavecalculations
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10. Calculatethefrequencyifgiventheperiodorwavelengthofavibratingobject
11. Calculatethewavelengthforthenthharmonicofawave
12. Listthevariablesfordefiningwavespeed
13. Calculatethespeedofawaveusingwavelength,period,andfrequency
14. Calculatethespeedofsoundforagiventemperature
15. Calculatebeatfrequency
WavePhenomena
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16. Explaintherelationshipbetweenperiodandfrequency
17. Describehowyoucanchangetheperiod/frequencyofapendulum
18. Definereflection
19. Describethepatternofreflectedweavesinopen‐endedandclosed‐endedreflection
20. Relatethenumberofnodesandantinodestothenthharmonicofastandingwave
21. Describeanddrawawaveintermsofthenthharmonic
22. Definesuperposition
23. Explainwhathappenswhenwavessuperimposeoneachother
24. Contrastconstructiveanddestructiveinterference
25. Explaintherelationshipbetweenfrequencyandwavelength
26. DescribeandgiveexamplesoftheDopplerEffect
27. Explaintherelationshipbetweenfrequencyandpitch
28. DefineSonicBoom
29. Describeabowwaveandhowitchangeasthespeedoftheobjectchanges
30. Explainhowthespeedofsoundchangesastemperature,themediumorelasticitychanges
31. Defineresonance
32. Useresonancetoexplainthecreationofastandingwave
33. Useresonancetoexplainthecreationofbeatfrequencies
34. Describewhathappenswhenwavesstrikedifferentbarriers
35. Explainhowchangingthefrequencyofwavesaffectsdiffractionofthewave
36. DescribeMoiréPatterns
37. Explaintherelationshipbetweenamplitudeandvolume