(Virtual Lab) PhET Waves Intro

By Abigail Beck
Last updated over 4 years ago
36 Questions
1.

What happens with the number of waves?

2.

What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)?

3.

Increase the amplitude. What happens to the number of waves?

4.

Decrease the frequency. What happens with the number of waves?

5.

What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)

6.

Decrease the amplitude. What happens with the waves?

7.

You can have your sound on- but don't have it extremely loud. Push the green button for sound. What do you notice about the waves?

8.

What do you notice about the speaker?

9.

Now increase the frequency. How does the speaker movement change?

10.

What happens to the pitch of the sound?

11.

What happens to the number of waves?

12.

What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)

13.

Now decrease the frequency. How does the speaker movement change?

14.

What happens with the pitch of the sound?

15.

What happens to the number of waves

16.

What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength) when the frequency is decreased?

17.

Increase the amplitude. How does the speaker movement change?

18.

Increase the amplitude. Does the pitch change?

19.

Increase the amplitude. What happens to the volume?

20.

Decrease the amplitude. How does the speaker movement change?

21.

Decrease the amplitude. Does the pitch change?

22.

Decrease the amplitude. What happens to the volume?

23.

Describe how particles move wave energy.

24.

What color is the light?

25.

Slide the frequency to the left (to a lower frequency). What happens to the color?

26.

What happens to the number of waves (when frequency is decreased)?

27.

What happens to the distance between the waves (wavelength) when the frequency is decreased?

28.

Slide the frequency to the right (to a higher frequency). What happens to the color?

29.

What happens to the number of waves?

30.

What happens to the distance between the waves (wavelength)

31.

Does the color (frequency) change?

32.

Does the brightness change

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35.

(Summary) FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE INTHE TABLE: In the space below describe what you see (or hear)for EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: water, sound and light when observing HIGH FREQUENCY.

36.

(Summary) FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE INTHE TABLE: In the space below describe what you see (or hear)for EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: water, sound and light when observing SHORT WAVELENGTH