Station 1 – Wave Structure
Label the following parts of the wave:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Crest
Trough
Wavelength
Amplitude
5) Out of the four terms above, which one becomes smaller when the wave has more energy?
Wavelength
6) Frequency gets (higher // lower) with a longer wavelength.
Lower
7) Frequency gets (higher // lower) with a higher energy.
Higher
8) What is frequency measured in? (Begins with an “H”)
Hertz
9) What is the medium of a wave? What the wave travels through
Station 2 - Sound
10) What is the shape of sound waves?
Longitudinal
11) What type of waves are sound waves?
Mechanical
12) What is the medium of sound waves?
Air
13) When you change the frequency of a sound wave you change its…
Pitch
14) When you change the amplitude of a sound wave you change its…
Loudness
15) Where on this audio recording is the loudest sound measured? About 0:11
16) As you go up the scale on an instrument, what aspect of the sound waves is changing?
Frequency or wavelength
17) (Bonus) What is the loudness of sound measured in? (Begins with a D)
Decibels
Station 3 - Light
18) What is it the shape of light waves?
Transverse
19) What type of waves are light waves?
Electromagnetic
20) What is the medium of light?
Nothing!
21) When you change the frequency of a light wave you change its…
Color
22) When you change the amplitude of a light wave you change its…
Brightness
23) Of the visible colors (Roy G Biv) which color has the most energy?
Violet
24) Fill in the blanks below:
Radio -- Microwave -- Infrared -- Visible Light-- Ultraviolet – X-ray -- Gamma Ray
25) Choose a part of the light spectrum from above. What is one use for that type of light?
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26) Light travels the fastest in:
a. Metal
b. Water
c. Air
d. Vacuum
Station 4 - Heat
27) Heat can move around the universe in 3 ways.
28) Which type of heat transfer is carried by electromagnetic waves?
Radiation
29) Which type of heat transfer is caused by two objects touching and directly sharing heat?
Conduction
30) Identify a type of heat transfer in the picture to the right.
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31) Give the definition to the type of heat transfer that you identified in
the question above.
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32) (Review) Is heat potential or kinetic energy?
Kinetic
33) What kinds of substances are good conductors of heat? What are
good insulators?
Metals are good conductors; glass, plastic, wood are all good
insulators
Station 5 – Seismic Waves
34) What is the shape of seismic waves?
Both transverse and longitudinal
35) What type of waves are seismic waves?
Mechanical
36) What is the medium of a seismic wave?
The Earth
37) What does the “s” in s-wave stand for?
Secondary
38) Which type of seismic wave moves the fastest?
P-wave
39) Briefly describe how scientists can figure out the distance an earthquake occurred from a station.
The difference in arrival time between the p-wave and s-wave
40) Using the following information, roughly estimate which state the earthquake occurred in. (You don’t have to
draw the map, just name the state.) Oklahoma (Kansas is also acceptable, depending on estimates)
Salt Lake City
800km
Des Moines
400km
Dallas
200km
Atlanta
800km
Station 6 – Misc.
41) Which wave travels the fastest?
a. Sound
b. Light
c. Heat
d. Seismic
e. They travel at the same speed
42) What do we call using sound to create an image? (Hint: submarines)
Sonar
43) In the slinky lab, when a transverse wave hits the end and reverses direction it comes back on the (same //
different) side.
Different
44) A laser is composed of many waves of light that are in synch with each other. What property must they all have
that is the same?
Same wavelength
45) True/False: The distance from crest to crest is the same as the distance from trough to trough in a wave.
True
46) Name one kind of heat exchange in the picture below and explain your choice. (i.e. what is it in the picture)
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