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Properties of Matter. Monday, September 30, 2014 Mrs. Hensley Sedgefield Middle School. DO NOW!. In your scientific journal, define the following: Wave Frequency Crest Trough Wavelength Amplitude Transverse Longitudinal Compression Rarefaction. Check your work!.
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Properties of Matter Monday, September 30, 2014 Mrs. Hensley Sedgefield Middle School
DO NOW! In your scientific journal, define the following: Wave Frequency Crest Trough Wavelength Amplitude Transverse Longitudinal Compression Rarefaction
Check your work! • Wave – a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body in the form or a moving ridge or swell. • Frequency – the rate at which a wave occurs
Check your work! • Crest – the highest part of a wave • Trough – the lowest part of a wave
Check your work! • Wavelength – the distance between two equal points of a wave, either the crests or the troughs. • Amplitude – is the measurement of the top or bottom half of a wave.
Check your work! • Transverse – the motion is at right angles to the direction of the wave. • Longitudinal – the motion is parallel to the direction of the wave.
Check your work! • Compression –the part of the wave where the movement is closest together. • Rarefaction – the part of the wave where the movement is furthest apart.
Transverse and Longitudinal • http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/transverse_longitudinal_waves.htm
What is a Variable? A variable is a word for a quantity of condition that can change.
Independent Variable • Is a variable that can be controlled. • For example, in an experiment in growing a plant. You can control how much light the plant will get.
Dependent Variable • You have no control over this variable. You want to observe what happens when you change the independent variable.
Dependent and Independent • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2606GQmDqY
Exit Ticket In your scientific journal, draw a longitudinal wave with a compressions and rarefactions.