(Virtual Lab) PhET Waves Intro
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36 questions

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What happens with the number of waves?
What happens with the number of waves?
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What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)?
What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)?
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Increase the amplitude. What happens to the number of waves?
Increase the amplitude. What happens to the number of waves?
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Decrease the frequency. What happens with the number of waves?
Decrease the frequency. What happens with the number of waves?
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What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)
What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)
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Decrease the amplitude. What happens with the waves?
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?
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?
What do you notice about the speaker?
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Now increase the frequency. How does the speaker movement change?
Now increase the frequency. How does the speaker movement change?
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What happens to the pitch of the sound?
What happens to the pitch of the sound?
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What happens to the number of waves?
What happens to the number of waves?
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What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)
What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)
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Now decrease the frequency. How does the speaker movement change?
Now decrease the frequency. How does the speaker movement change?
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What happens with the pitch of the sound?
What happens with the pitch of the sound?
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What happens to the number of waves
What happens to the number of waves
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What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength) when the frequency is decreased?
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?
Increase the amplitude. How does the speaker movement change?
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Increase the amplitude. Does the pitch change?
Increase the amplitude. Does the pitch change?
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Increase the amplitude. What happens to the volume?
Increase the amplitude. What happens to the volume?
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Decrease the amplitude. How does the speaker movement change?
Decrease the amplitude. How does the speaker movement change?
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Decrease the amplitude. Does the pitch change?
Decrease the amplitude. Does the pitch change?
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Decrease the amplitude. What happens to the volume?
Decrease the amplitude. What happens to the volume?
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Describe how particles move wave energy.
Describe how particles move wave energy.

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What color is the light?
What color is the light?
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Slide the frequency to the left (to a lower frequency). What happens to the color?
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)?
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?
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?
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?
What happens to the number of waves?
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What happens to the distance between the waves (wavelength)
What happens to the distance between the waves (wavelength)
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Does the color (frequency) change?
Does the color (frequency) change?
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Does the brightness change
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.
(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
(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