Name: PON-AN, REGIN ALFRED DUANE L.

Grade & Section: GRADE 12 H Date: 5/28/2021

ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY ILOILO

Gen. Luna St., Iloilo City
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Senior High School Department

WORKSHEET # 3: WAVES AND SOUND

Part I.
A: Crest
A
B
B: Wavelength

C: Amplitude C

D: Trough
F
E: Wavelength
D E

F: Amplitude

Wave 1
Frequency

1.How many wavelengths long is Wave 1? 2

wavelengths

2.How many wavelengths long is Wave 2? 2.5 wavelengths

3.How many wavelengths long is Wave 3? 1.5 wavelengths

Wave 2
4.Which wave has the highest frequency?
Wave 2

5.Which wave has the lowest frequency? Wave 3

6.What is the definition of frequency? It is the number of

waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time.
Wave 3 7.How can you tell by looking at it if a wave has high or
low frequency?
It is
determined
by how close
or far apart the waves are.

Frequency Connection

There are three members of a family. The dad has a deep, low voice. The mom has a medium-high
voice, and the baby has the highest voice.
8. Which wave belongs to the dad’s voice? Wave 3
9. Which wave belongs to the mom’s voice? Wave 1

10.Which wave belongs to the baby’s voice? Wave 2

Wave 4

1.Which wave has the highest amplitude? Wave 5

2.Which wave has the lowest amplitude? Wave 4

Wave 5 3.Use a ruler and measure the amplitude of Wave 5: 0.5 inches

4.What is the definition of amplitude? The amplitude of a

wave is the height of the wave measured from the highest
point on the wave (peak or crest) to the lowest point on the
wave (trough)

5.How can you tell by looking at it if a wave has high

or low amplitude?
It is determined by the height of the wave (or varied
responses)

Wave 6

Amplitude Connection
Juan is playing the piano. The music starts of at meso-forte (medium high volume). It then crescendos
into
forte (loud) and Juan plays dramatically. The music ends at piano (quietly) with a sweet melody.

1. Which wave represents the music at the beginning? Wave 6

2. Which wave represents the music in the middle? Wave 5
3. Which wave represents the music at the end? Wave 4

Final Waves Goodbye

Compare waves A-D by both amplitude and frequency to the Standard Wave. (Higher/Lower/Same)
Standard Wave

A
B

Higher Amplitude; Same Frequency Lower Amplitude; Higher Frequency

D
C

Higher Amplitude; Higher Frequency

Same Amplitude; Lower Frequency
Part II. This activity uses PhET simulation – Waves Intro. Select the sound option.

This is a guided inquiry task. You must read and follow the instructions carefully.

1 Amplitude of sound waves

Tick Play Tone and Particles. Move the Amplitude slider to halfway.
Press the green button on the speaker.

What happens to the particles?

1. The particles vibrate and push against one another, causing a ripple-like
motion.
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2. The particles are pushed away from the speaker at times, and drawn closer
to the speaker at others, due to the fact that the particles have been
disturbed, causing them to push their neighbouring particles before
bouncing back into their original positions.
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Move the Amplitude slider up and down. How does the sound change?
Moving the amplitude slider up makes the sound louder and more noticeable;
moving it down makes the sound softer and quieter.

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How does the motion of the particles change?

When I moved the amplitude up and down, I noticed that the higher I moved it, the
more distinct the waves were. The particles vibrate even more, and I can clearly
see where the air particles are compressing and decompressing. When I reduce the
amplitude, the particles continue to move, but instead of moving in waves, they
simply vibrate slightly. This demonstrated that the higher the vibration, the taller
the wave.

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Does the position of the pattern change? The pause button and tape might help.
When I pressed the green button to start the sound, I concentrated my attention
on only one red particle. I noticed that when the waves hit it, it moves, but the
pattern does not change. This particle will vibrate and collide with the next particle,
but it will not move further than the location it is currently at. As a result, the
pattern's position remains unchanged.
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Click the Waves button. The Wave setting shows areas where the particles are
pushed together as light coloured and where they are far apart as dark.

Vary the amplitude and check what you wrote about the position of the pattern.

Sound waves are pressure waves in the air. In areas where the particles are
compressed the air pressure is high and where the particles are spread out (we
call that rarefaction) the pressure is low.

The wavelength of a sound wave is the distance between 2 compression areas or 2

rarefaction areas. Use the pause button and tape to measure the wavelength of
your soundwave.
_______105.3_________ cm = _______1.053_________ m

You can use the pressure meter tool to keep track of the pressure at a particular
place over time. Place one of the detectors into the middle of your box.

Use the pause button to see that a high pressure reading matches a bright band
and area of compression and that a low pressure reading matches an area of
rarefaction.
 Set the amplitude to zero. This is the where the particles would be if there is no
sound.

Slowly increase the amplitude and look at the pressure tool.

Sketch the shape of the pressure wave on the diagrams below.

Low Amplitude High Amplitude

The time it takes for a full sound wave to pass a point is called the period of the
wave. Use the stopwatch tool with the pressure tool to measure the time it takes
for 10 compression areas to pass.

Low Amplitude _______30.44_______________ milliseconds

High Amplitude ________30.57_______________milliseconds

2 Frequency of sound waves

Tick Play Tone and Particles. Move the Frequency and Amplitude slider to
halfway.
Press the green button on the speaker.

Move the Frequency slider up and down. How does the sound change?
When I move the Frequency slider up and down, I can hear a distinct difference
between lower and higher settings. The higher I slide the bar, the higher the pitch;
the lower I slide it, the lower the pitch. When I increase the frequency, the number
of waves increases. More pulses result in a higher pitch in my ears as frequency
increases.

How does the motion of the particles change?

We all know that the frequency of the transverse wave is measured in pulses per
second. I learned that the frequency is the frequency with which it occurs. What I
noticed as the frequency was increased was that the air particles were moving at a
faster rate. They would slow down again when I lowered it.

Click the Waves button.

Reduce the frequency to minimum. Use the pause and tape tool to measure the
wavelength. Repeat for maximum frequency.

min Frequency wavelength = ______151.9___________ m

max Frequency wavelength = ______0.805___________ m

You can use the pressure meter tool to keep track of the pressure at a particular
place over time. Place one of the detectors into the middle of your box.

Slowly vary the frequency using the slider, monitor the pressure wave.
Sketch the shape of the pressure wave on the diagrams below.

Low Frequency High Frequency

 Use the stopwatch tool with the pressure tool to measure the time it takes for 10
compression areas to pass. Use the times to calculate the period and complete the
table below.

Low Frequency High Frequency

Time for 10 waves 50.18 ms 22.66 ms
/ ms
Period /s 0.05018 ms 0.02266 ms

SUMMARY TASK

1. Look at the words below. Consider whether you associate them with amplitude or frequency and place them into
the table.

Pitch Volume Wavelength Period Vibration size

amplitude frequency

 Volume  Pitch
 Period  Wavelength
 Vibration Size

2. Draw on the diagram a wavelength between compression areas and a wavelength between rarefactions. Check
they are the same length.

Compression wavelengths ______71.5_______ cm Rarefaction wavelengths _______71.5______ cm