Name: ______________________________ Pd: ____
Parts of a Wave Activity
1. Use your pan to create a wave with a long
like:
wavelength. Draw a picture of what your wave looks
(Label the crest, trough, amplitude, and wavelength)
2. Now create a wave with a short
wavelength and draw it below: (label the crest, trough,
amplitude, and wavelength)
3. Which of the two waves you just created has the most energy? ______________________________
4. Now create a wave with a high
5. Create a wave with a low
amplitude: (label the crest, trough, wavelength, and amplitude)
amplitude: (label the crest, trough, wavelength, and amplitude)
6. Which of the two waves you just created has the most energy? ______________________________
Waves
1. How are waves formed? _________________________________________________________________
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2. What are 2 the different kinds of waves? ____________________________ and ____________________________
3. Describe what a transverse wave would look like: ____________________________________________________
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4. Describe what a compressional wave would look like: __________________________________________________
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5. With each pair of words, describe how the pair of words are alike OR describe how they are different:
Wave/vibration
Crest/trough
Compression/rarefaction
6. What do waves transfer?
a. matter
b. particles
c. energy
d. water
7. List an example of a transverse wave?
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8. List an example of a compressional wave?
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