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Wave Behavior

Wave Behavior. Wave Behavior. Wave Speed waves travel at a constant speed unless the medium is changed. Wave Behavior. Wave Speed Examples: light travels slower in glass than air, sound travels faster in water than air. Wave Behavior. Reflection

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Wave Behavior

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  1. Wave Behavior

  2. Wave Behavior • Wave Speed • waves travel at a constant speed unless the medium is changed

  3. Wave Behavior • Wave Speed • Examples: light travels slower in glass than air, sound travels faster in water than air

  4. Wave Behavior • Reflection • bouncing back of a wave when it hits a boundary that does not absorb much energy • occurs because one side of the wave moves slower than the other side • Examples: echolocation, sonar

  5. Wave Behavior • Refraction • when waves pass from one medium to another at an angle and bend • Examples: seismic waves passing through the earth, ultrasound

  6. Wave Behavior • Refraction

  7. Wave Behavior • Diffraction • new series of waves are formed when they hit a barrier • Examples: “sparkles” on the surface of water or snow, water waves hitting something on the surface

  8. Wave Behavior • Diffraction

  9. Wave Behavior • Interference • two or more waves in the same place at the same time • there are two types of interference

  10. Wave Behavior • Interference

  11. Wave 1 Wave Behavior • Constructive Interference • crest meets crest • forms single wave with amplitude equal to the sum of the original wave amplitudes

  12. Wave 2 Wave 1 Wave Behavior • Constructive Interference • crest meets crest • forms single wave with amplitude equal to the sum of the original wave amplitudes

  13. Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 1 Wave Behavior • Constructive Interference • crest meets crest • forms single wave with amplitude equal to the sum of the original wave amplitudes

  14. Wave 1 Wave Behavior • Destructive Interference • crest meets trough • forms single wave with amplitude equal to the difference of the original wave amplitudes

  15. Wave 2 Wave 1 Wave Behavior • Destructive Interference • crest meets trough • forms single wave with amplitude equal to the difference of the original wave amplitudes

  16. Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 1 Wave Behavior • Destructive Interference • crest meets trough • forms single wave with amplitude equal to the difference of the original wave amplitudes

  17. Wave Behavior • Interference

  18. Wave Behavior • Standing Wave • wave pattern that simulates a wave that is standing still

  19. Wave Behavior • Standing Wave • Node - destructive interference causes no displacement

  20. Node Wave Behavior • Standing Wave • Node - destructive interference causes no displacement

  21. Node Wave Behavior • Standing Wave • Antinode - constructive interference causes maximum displacement

  22. Node Antinode Wave Behavior • Standing Wave • Antinode - constructive interference causes maximum displacement

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