9. Wave Characteristics
Wavelength: The shortest distance between points
where the wave pattern repeats itself.
Wavelength is
measured in
meters, the
symbol is 𝜆
10. Wave Characteristics
Phase: Any two points on a wave that are one or more
whole wavelengths apart are said to be “in phase”.
11. Wave Characteristics
Frequency: Is the number of complete oscillations a
point on that wave makes each second.
Frequency is measured
in Hertz (Hz), its units
are
1
𝑠
12. Wave Characteristics
Speed: The speed or velocity of a wave is how fast the
energy is moved. For most waves, wave speed does not
depend on amplitude, frequency, or wavelength. Speed
depends only on the medium through which it moves.
𝑣 =
𝑚
𝑠
𝜆 = 𝑚 , 𝑓 =
1
𝑠
𝑣 = 𝑓𝜆
13. Wave Characteristics
Period: The time it takes a wave to go through one
cycle, or the time it takes a point to go through one
phase of the wave.
The period of a wave is measured in seconds, and it’s
symbol is “T”.
𝑇 =
1
𝑓
14. Example
What is the velocity of a wave that has a frequency of
250Hz and a wavelength of 1.5m?
𝑣 = 𝑓𝜆
𝑣 = 250𝐻𝑧 ∗ 1.5𝑚 = 375
𝑚
𝑠
15. Checkpoint
How does the speed of a wave change if the amplitude
is increased?
The speed doesn’t change.
What is the velocity of a wave that has a frequency of
100Hz and a wavelength of 2.0m?
𝑣 = 𝑓𝜆
𝑣 = 100𝐻𝑧 ∗ 2.0𝑚 = 200
𝑚
𝑠
16. Practice
On page 393 of the textbook answer questions 15, 16,
17, 19, 22, and 24.
17. Answers
15. 343m/s, 2.29x10^-3s, 0.787m
16. You should shake it at a lower frequency because
wavelength varies inversely with frequency.
17. 2.45m/s
19. 2.50m
22. The frequency is one-half of its original value.
24. The wavelength increases to 1.5 times its original value.
19. Objectives
Review and solidify the material you learned and
practiced yesterday.
Learn about the different types of waves.
Study, create, and destroy different wave types.
20. Practice
On page 393 of the textbook answer questions 15, 16,
17, 19, 22, and 24.
21. Answers
15. 343m/s, 2.29x10^-3s, 0.787m
16. You should shake it at a lower frequency because
wavelength varies inversely with frequency.
17. 2.45m/s
19. 2.50m
22. The frequency is one-half of its original value.
24. The wavelength increases to 1.5 times its original value.
22. Art Time – Example Part Two
Draw two more cycles of the red wave.
23. Art Time – Example Part Two
Draw one more cycles of the blue wave.
24. Art Time – Example Part Two
What is the wavelength of the red wave?
2.0m
25. Art Time – Example Part Two
What is the wavelength of the blue wave?
4.0m
26. Art Time – Example Part Two
What is the amplitude of the red wave?
0.5m
27. Art Time – Example Part Two
What is the amplitude of the blue wave?
0.25m
28. Art Time – Example Part Two
If this is a snapshot of how far each wave traveled in 1
second, what is the frequency of the red wave?
3.0Hz
29. Art Time – Example Part Two
If this is a snapshot of how far each wave traveled in 1
second, what is the frequency of the blue wave?
1.5Hz
30. Art Time – Example Part Two
Are the red and blue wave in phase with each other?
Nope
31. Art Time – Example Part Two
Mark two spots on each wave that are in phase with
each other.
32. You try
Draw the following waves on the same graph:
1. A wave with an amplitude of 6m and a wavelength of
3m.
2. A wave with an amplitude of 2m and a wavelength of 2m.
3. A wave with an amplitude of 3m and a wavelength of
4m.
Which wave has the greatest frequency if they’re all
traveling at the same speed?
33. Types of Waves
There are two types of waves!
1. Transverse Waves: A wave that disturbs the particles
in the medium perpendicular to the direction of the
wave’s travel.
2. Longitudinal Waves: A wave that disturbs the
particles in the medium parallel to the direction of
the wave’s travel.
36. Slinky Demo
How can a single transverse wave pulse be produced
using a slinky?
How can a single longitudinal wave pulse be produced
using a slinky?
Sound waves are longitudinal waves because they shake
the air as they transfer the energy to our ears.
38. Bellringer
What is the speed of a radio
wave that has wavelength of
1,396m and a frequency of
214,899.7135Hz?
𝑣 = 𝑓𝜆
𝑣 =
214,899.7135𝐻𝑧 (1,396𝑚)
𝑣 = 300,000,000
𝑚
𝑠
DO
WORK
STOP
39. Objectives
Learn about the different types of waves.
Study, create, and destroy different wave types.
40. Grade Update
Answer these questions.
1. How did you follow your plan on how to improve
your grade?
2. Are you happy with your grade and what do you want
your grade to be by the end of the quarter?
3. What are you going to do to improve your grade?
41. Waves at Boundaries
What does the surface of water look like when you
drop a small rock in a calm bucket of water?
What happens when the wave hits the walls?
Splash Demo!!! Get your goggles!
42.
43. Waves at Boundaries
Recall that a wave’s speed depends on the medium it
passes through:
Water depth
Air temperature
Tension, and mass
A “Boundary” is when a wave goes from one medium
to another.
44. Waves at Boundaries
There are three ways you’ll be interested in at
boundaries.
1. Incident Wave: A wave pulse that strikes the
boundary.
2. Reflected Wave: A wave that bounces backwards
after hitting the boundary.
3. Transmitted Wave: A wave that continue forward
after hitting the boundary.
46. Waves at Boundaries Demos
Different Medium Demo:
The incident energy is split between reflected and
transmitted energy.
Rigid Boundaries Demo:
All of the incident energy is turned into reflected
energy.
47. Checkpoint
1. How does the amplitude (energy) of a wave change
when it hits a rigid boundary like a wall?
2. How is the conservation of energy observable with a
single wave hitting a different medium?
48. Waves in a Bucket
What happens if you drop two rocks into a calm
bucket of water instead of just one?
Splash Demo 2.0!!! Get dem goggles back!
The waves seem to hit each other, but then just
continue on their way…weird?
49.
50. Wave Interference
When we had two particles (carts) and pushed them
into each other they collided and then stopped.
When waves collide they temporarily interfere with
one another, but they do not stop each other.
51. Wave Interference
The Principle of Superposition states that the
displacement of a medium caused by two or more
waves is the algebraic sum of the displacements caused
by the individual waves.
53. Now a super superposition demo!
1. Can we make two waves create a bigger wave?
2. Can we make two wave create a smaller wave?
3. Is there a limit to how many waves we can create?
54. Bellringer
What is the speed of a radio
wave that has wavelength of
1,396m and a frequency of
214,899.7135Hz?
𝑣 = 𝑓𝜆
𝑣 =
214,899.7135𝐻𝑧 (1,396𝑚)
𝑣 = 300,000,000
𝑚
𝑠
DO
WORK
STOP
55. Objectives
Learn about the different types of interference,
practice solving problems that deal with it, and
demonstrate the different interference patterns with a
small group.
56. Limit to waves?
The number of waves that are interfering with each
other is limitless.
Each wave is just a form of a sine wave.
Wolfram Alpha Demo:
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sinx+
57. Types of Interference
There are three types of interference
1. Constructive Interference: When the crest of a wave
meets a crest of another wave of the same frequency at
the same point.
2. Destructive Interference: When the crest of a wave
meets a trough of another wave of the same frequency at
the same point.
3. Different Amplitude: All other scenarios of waves
interference.
62. Can you do this?
Let’s see if we can successfully make waves both
constructively and destructively interfere!
Note: not all the slinkies are in the best shape, but
remember this is not an open invitation to make them
worse!
63. Can you do this?
Try to complete these 5 missions. Try to take video or
pictures with your phone to capture the interference.
1. Make two transverse waves constructively interfere.
2. Make two longitudinal waves constructively interfere.
3. Make two transverse waves destructively interfere.
4. Make two longitudinal wave destructively interfere.
5. Play around with different amplitudes, can you get three
waves to interfere?
64. Bellringer
Draw a picture of two
waves moving towards
each other that will
constructively interfere
once their crests meet.
DO
WORK
STOP
66. Results? – Where are they?
What were you able to find?
E-mail me your successful results!
KVerspoor@windsor-csd.org
Were there any trials that didn’t work?
67. Grade Update - Labs
Answer these questions.
1. How did you follow your plan on how to improve
your grade?
2. Are you happy with your grade and what do you want
your grade to be by the end of the quarter?
3. What are you going to do to improve your grade?
68. Homework
Read pages 394 to 397.
Stop before reading “Waves in Two Dimensions” on
page 397
Very good illustrations and snapshots of superposition
and interference.
69. Standing Waves
When a wave appears to just move up and down
instead of transmitting energy side to side it is called a
standing wave.
These waves appear to be standing still, hence
“Standing Wave”.
70. Standing Wave Demo
What happens to the number of bumps as I increase
the frequency? Why?
How does the wavelength change has I increase the
frequency?
How does the speed of the waves change as I increase
the frequency?
71. Standing Waves
Why must I keep oscillate my arm to generate a
standing wave?
A standing wave is made up interfering waves moving
in opposite directions. Without this small input the
wave would die out.
72. Standing Waves
Resonance is when a small energy input frequency is
continually applied to an object and it causes the object to
oscillate with greater and greater amplitude.
Resonance is continual constructive interference.
Every object has a resonance frequency.
Swing-sets use resonance.
Microwave ovens are the resonance frequency of water.
Tesla found the resonance frequency of the Earth.
73. Tacoma Narrows Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xox9BVSu7Ok
The designer took Tacoma’s money and said he
brought and insurance policy for the bridge…he didn’t
The bridge started oscillating almost as soon as it was
finished.
It collapsed just days before the fake insurance policy
would have expired.
He went to jail.
74. Nodes and Antinodes
Nodes and Antinodes are used to help describe and
understand waves.
A “node” is where waves meet and cause zero
displacement of the medium.
No displacement
An “antinode” is where waves meet and cause the
largest displacement of the medium.
Anti no displacement
78. FYI
The mod 8 physics class is smoking the mod 2 physics
class…90 to 84!
79. Practice
Page 403 numbers 61-63, 67, 71-74, 76
17 minutes to complete.
Work in pairs or groups of three.
Each group can ask me up to three questions.
Counts as a grade…homework? Quiz? Lab? Test?
80. Answers
61. T=8.3s
62. 4.0 m/s
63. v=0.288 m/s ; T=0.21s
67. f=550Hz ; 275 waves ; 165m
71. The reflected wave pulse from a rigid boundary is
inverted.
81. Answers
72. No displacement or movement
73. Bare areas are antinodes, sugar covered areas are
nodes
74. A standing wave exists and the string can be touched
at any of its five nodes
76. See drawing.
82. Bellringer – 2 mins to hand in
What is a standing wave?
What is an antinode?
What is a node?
DO
WORK
STOP
83. Objectives
Practice your understanding of waves.
Complete “Slinky Lab” to demonstrate you have the
power to create and destroy waves.
Computer simulator.
84. Slinky Lab
All sample calculations must be shown on a separate
sheet of paper.
All answers to questions must be shown on a separate
sheet of paper.
All questions must be answered in complete sentences
with full explanation.
1 tile is 1 meter.
85. Bellringer – 2 mins to turn in
Turn it in on the back
table and pick up your
bellringer from last week
as well as your group’s
answers from last week.
How are standing waves
created?
DO
WORK
STOP
86. Standing Waves
What is a standing wave?
How are standing waves created?
What is an antinode?
What is a node?
89. Introduction to Waves Quizest?
15 multiple questions?
3 long answers?
1 mod
Tuesday?
90. More Drawing
In the “Intro to Waves HW” packet answer questions
35 (parts 1-3), 35, 36, 37
Yes there are two number 35s
For homework finish the packet!
91. Standing Wave Simulator
What does a standing longitudinal wave look like?
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/normal-
modes
Fixed end vs. open end. Destructive and Constructive
Interference
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/wave-on-a-
string
92. What’s on the Quizest?
Wave Vocabulary
Drawing Waves
Transverse vs. Longitudinal Waves
Wave interference and Superposition
Constructive/Destructive
Standing Waves
Nodes and Antinodes
93. Bellringer – 2 mins to turn in
Turn it in on the back table
and pick up your bellringer
from last week as well as
your group’s answers from
last week.
If a wave travels at 15m/s
and has a wavelength of
2.2m what is its frequency?
DO
WORK
STOP
96. You be the teacher!
You know all the topics that will be on the quizest.
Can you use this knowledge to figure out the questions
I’ll ask?
Write 2 multiple choice questions and 1 long answer
question with at least 2 parts.
Try to cover as many of those categories as possible.
97. You be the teacher!
I’ll collect and redistribute the questions.
Find your partner then solve the questions you are
given.
Then you’ll grade their responses.
Who had good questions?