You are to create as many waves as possible

without using your hands. You can use various

items at your desk to create a wave but remember
you can’t use your hands.

Let’s talk about your observation!

There are two types of Potential- when
energy, kinetic and matter has stored energy
potential, and it comes that is ready to be used
in many forms: but is not being used.
 Sound- kinetic Kinetic-the release
 Thermal-kinetic of potential energy;
 Chemical-potential matter in motion
 Electrical- kinetic
 Radiant/ Light-kinetic
 Mechanical- kinetic
A wave is the ability to move
or cause change in matter.
A disturbance that transfers energy. Some types of
waves require a medium (solid, liquid, or gas) to
travel through while others do not.

A medium is a substance or material that carries a

wave (solid, liquid, gas)
 A medium is a
substance or
material that
carries a wave
(solid, liquid,
gas)
• Mechanical Wave
• Electromagnetic
Wave
• Transverse Wave
• Longitudinal Wave
 Mechanical Waves Electromagnetic Waves
 travel through matter  travel through empty
space, as well as through
matter
 Sound waves
 water waves
 Visible light,
 microwaves,
 X-rays, and
 radio waves
 Object in motion
will keep
moving at the
same speed and
in the same
direction unless
force change
their motion
 Require a type of matter
to travel through
 Medium- (solid, liquid,
gas)
 These waves pass on
energy
 Waves can create sound
 Sound can travel through
air, water, or solids
 Can not travel through a
vacuum( no air)
 Waves that can travel
through a vacuum
 Empty Space
 They do not need a
medium or matter
 Examples:
 Light wave
 Radio waves
 X-rays
Waves
Activity  Since waves are usually
unseen, we are going to make
#1 these waves ourselves using
Slinkys.

 Are we creating mechanical

waves or electromagnetic
waves? Explain your
reasoning.

 What did you observe?

 The wave is moving
left to right, while the
disturbance moves up
and down
 The disturbance
moves perpendicular
to the direction of the
wave
 Transverse waves
create light
The peak, or highest point of a transverse wave.
The valley, or lowest point, of a transverse wave.
The distance from any point on one wave to a
corresponding point on an adjacent wave.
(ex. Crest to crest or trough to trough)
Tie a rope to the a chair and create long and short
wavelengths.

Question:
1. What do you notice about the frequency?
2. What happens when you move it very fast, in an
up and down movement?
3. What happens when you move it slowly in an up
and down movement?
4. Does frequency increase or decrease when
wavelength is reduced?
The number of oscillations produced in a certain
amount of time. The greater the number of
oscillations per second, the higher the frequency.
The higher the frequency, the more energy carried
by the wave.

High Energy

Low Energy
 How do you know?
 How do you know?
Transverse waves produce light

Longitudinal waves produce sound

 The disturbance
moves in the same
direction as the wave
 These waves create
sound
 Examples:
 Sound waves
 Waves moving
through a stretched
out slinky or spring
 Directions Complete in Notebook
 With the slinky, create Compare and Contrast
transverse wave with the two waves you
your group. created with your group.
 Now create a
longitudinal wave Record your observations:
with your group  See
 Hear
 Feel
 Earthquakes develop  Waves are what cause
in the crust of the us to experience
earth. earthquakes
 The inner part of the
earth contains
massive energy.
 Some of the energy
escapes through
cracks within the
earth’s surface.
 Seismic wave is an  P-Waves:
elastic wave generated  Also called
by an impulse such as compressional wave
an earthquake or an  Is seismic body wave
explosion that shakes the groud
 S-Waves:
 Also called shear wave
 Is a seismic body wave
that shakes the ground
 L-Waves: