How sound travels OALH

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30 questions
Do now - 5 mins
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What type of wave is a sound wave?

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What do all sources of sound do to produce a sound wave?

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Describe the oscillations in a longitudinal wave.

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Name the piece of equipment used to measure the volume of a liquid

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Convert 0.2m into mm.

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Draw and label a transverse wave. Include the following: Wavelength, Peak, Trough, Amplitude

Checking for understanding questions
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What is the name given to something that produces a sound?

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Describe what a medium is.

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What is a vacuum?

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Sound can travel through a vacuum.....True or False?

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What type of energy transfer is sound?

Look, Cover, Write, Check
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What do all sources of sound do?

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What happens to the particles surrounding the source.

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How do we describe the oscillating particles between the source and detector?

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Why can’t sounds travel in space.

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Which type of energy transfer is sound.

Recall quiz
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All sources of sound ___________.

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The particles around the source…

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Sound transfers energy by __________

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A medium is…

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Sound cannot travel in space because...

I do, We do, You do
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Describe how sound travels from the tuning fork.

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Rabbits thump the ground with their feet to signal to other rabbits. Describe how sounds travel from one rabbit to another.

Independant writing task
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Independant task - There is no air in space.
Astronauts in space cannot hear sounds from outside their spacesuits.
Explain this.

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When sound waves reach a material, some of the energy of the sound is reflected and some is transmitted through the material.
(a) Complete the sentence.
Sound waves are caused by ____________________________________________

Plenary - exit ticket
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State the law of conservation of energy

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Give the energy transfers that occur for a bike slowing down

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Define pitch

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If a source of noise produced big, quick vibrations/ocillations, what would the noise sound like?

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