1 / 9

Understanding Waves in Physics: Types, Characteristics, and Calculations

Explore the characteristics of waves, including types such as transverse and compressional waves, amplitude, frequency, and how to calculate wave velocity. Discover how waves carry energy through different mediums.

evens
Download Presentation

Understanding Waves in Physics: Types, Characteristics, and Calculations

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Waves and Sound

  2. What are Waves?

  3. Describe a Wave: • Think about an ocean wave • Now describe it

  4. Waves • Rhythmic disturbances that carry energy through matter or space • Ocean Waves – energy through water • Earthquakes – energy through Earth • Both travel through a medium • Medium – a material through which a waves transfers energy

  5. Two Types of Waves • Transverse Waves – medium moves at right angles to the direction the wave travels • Compressional or Longitudinal Wave • A type of wave where matter vibrates in the same direction as the wave travels

  6. Transverse Wave The wave is traveling in this direction  Rest Position

  7. Amplitude • Amplitude corresponds to the amount of energy carried by a wave • Large amplitude = Large amount of energy • Small amplitude = Small amount of energy

  8. Wave Frequency • The number of wave crests that pass one place each second. • Expressed in Hertz (Hz) • One hertz = One wave per second • How do you increase the wave frequency? • Rope demonstration • What happens to the wavelength when the frequency increases? • The wavelength decreases!!!!! Meaning Increased wave frequency means decreased wavelength

  9. Calculating Wave Frequency • Velocity = Wavelength x Frequency OR V = λ x ƒ Example: A wave is generated in a wave pool at a water park. The wavelength is 3.2 m. The frequency of the wave is 0.60 Hz. What is the velocity of the wave? V = λ x ƒ V = ? λ = 3.2 m ƒ = 0.60 Hz V = 3.2 m x 0.60 V = 1.92 m/s Why m/s? Remember 1 Hz = 1 wave/second or m x 1/s or m/s

More Related