Waves Web Quest

Web Quest Waves Web Quest Download the sheet at the bottom of the page by clicking on the down arrow. Use this to help navigate through the web quest. Type your answers right on the sheet. Once you are done, you will have to add one drawing once you have printed the sheet. You will be finding information about waves on a variety of websites. Follow the directions on this site to help yourself find the answers. Just click on the name of each site and see what there is to learn. Don't forget the conclusion to wrap it all up when you're done! Site 1:  Characteristics of Waves Answer Questions 1 and 2 Site 2:  Parts of a Wave Answer Questions 3 and 4 Site 3: ACTIVITY: Experiment with the waves frequency and amplitude. Observe what happens to the wavelengthwith each change you make. Does changing the frequency affect amplitude or Wavelength? Does changing amplitude affect frequency or wavelength?Include your observations in your answer to question 5. Site 4:  Sound Waves Answer questions 6, 7, and 8. Site 5: Electromagnetic Waves  Use the pictures at the bottom of the page to answer question 9 Site 6:  Speed of Light Through Materials ACTIVITY: Slide the red switch to change the transparent material. Use the different speeds to answer questions 10, 11, and 12. Use this site to convert miles into metres Site 7:  The Color of Light  ACTIVITY: Use the wavelength to select your favorite color. Then, change just the amplitude of each wave. Use your observations to answer question 13. Name: Sound And Light Treasure Hunt Part 1: Waves 1. What is a wave? (Give a scientific definition and then put it in your own words.) Scientific Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Your Definition: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Fill in each box below with a sentence. Transverse Waves Longitudinal (Compressional) Waves Are the same because... Are different because... 3. Define the following terms: a. Crest: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ b. Trough: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ c. Amplitude: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ d. Wavelength: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ e. Frequency: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does the abbreviation Hz mean? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Write 3 sentences about what you see happening when you change the variables. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part 2: Sound 6. What is pitch? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Draw a wave with high pitch and one with low pitch: 8. Observe the graphs and text at the bottom of the page. What is the difference between a pleasant sound and noise? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part 3: Light 9. List the 7 types of electromagnetic waves from largest to smallest: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10.What is the speed of light in different mediums? (meters per second) Air Water – Crown Glass (used in windows and lenses) – Diamond 11. Which material does light move through the fastest? Why do you think light can move through that the most quickly? Use the word molecules in your answer. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. List the red, blue, and green in order of their wavelengths from shortest to longest. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What effect does amplitude have on color? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Conclusion: Write a short paragraph about your experience on this web quest. Your paragraph will go onto the next page. Be sure to answer the following questions in your conclusion: 1) What are two things you learned? 2) What are two things you have questions about now? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________