(Virtual Lab) PhET Waves Intro

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36 questions
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What happens with the number of waves?

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What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)?

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

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

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What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)

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Decrease the amplitude. What happens with the waves?

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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?

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What do you notice about the speaker?

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

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What happens to the pitch of the sound?

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What happens to the number of waves?

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What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)

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

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What happens with the pitch of the sound?

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What happens to the number of waves

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

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Increase the amplitude. How does the speaker movement change?

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Increase the amplitude. Does the pitch change?

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Increase the amplitude. What happens to the volume?

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Decrease the amplitude. How does the speaker movement change?

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Decrease the amplitude. Does the pitch change?

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Decrease the amplitude. What happens to the volume?

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Describe how particles move wave energy.

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What color is the light?

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

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

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

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

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What happens to the number of waves?

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What happens to the distance between the waves (wavelength)

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Does the color (frequency) change?

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Does the brightness change

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(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.

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(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