Name: _______________________________, Name: _______________________________

Date: _________/_________/__________
Physical World Concepts
Score
Block: _________ For teacher
Light and Sound Waves use only

1. Log onto a computer 3. On the right side click on waves and sound.
2. Go to Phet simulators 4. Click on the wave interference link, and run
that simulator.
A. Water Wave Simulator
1. What happens to what you see as you move the frequency and amplitude sliders?
a. When I move the frequency slider this happens: ____________________________________________
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5 points

b. When I move the amplitude slider this happens: ____________________________________________

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5 points

2. Now click Show graph and repeat. What do you notice with the graph of the water level?
Use these terms: amplitude, crest, trough, wavelength, and frequency one point for each term used correctly
a. When I move the frequency slider this happens: ____________________________________________
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5 points

Use these terms: amplitude, crest, trough, wavelength, and frequency point for each term used correctly
b. When I move the amplitude slider this happens: ____________________________________________
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5 points
3. On the right side rotate your view of the water to side view. Record what you see.
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5 points

4. Rotate your view back to top view.

a. What happens if you add a second drip? __________________________________________________
3 points

b. What happens if the drops are close together? ______________________________________________

3 points

c. What happens if they are far apart? ______________________________________________________

3 points

5. Turn off the second drip, add a barrier (Move it so it is one finger width from the drop). Draw below what it
looks like: 5 points
B. Sound Wave Simulator
Now click on the top tab that says sound.
1. What is different from the water pool from above? ________________________________________________
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5 points

2. Press the particle button.

a. Draw a sketch below of what you see:

10 points

3. What happens to the particles as you alter the frequency and amplitude?
a. As I change the frequency the particles __________________________________________________
3 points

b. As I change the amplitude the particles __________________________________________________

3 points

4. Turn off the speaker so that all the particles become still. (this may take a minute read the question below)
5. Turn on the sound. Imagine you are talking to a blind person. Describe what you see:
When the speaker is off all the particles are ordered and not moving, then I turn the speaker on and _____________
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10 points

C. Light Wave Simulator

Now click the top tab that says light
1. Click show graph and add detector move the device so it is above the light source.
2. What happens when you vary the amplitude?
a. As I move the amplitude up ___________________________________________________________
3 points

b. As I move the amplitude down ________________________________________________________

3 points

c. If I put the amplitude at 0 _____________________________________________________________

3 points

3. What happens to the wavelength and frequency as you change the color? Put the amplitude back to the middle.
a. As I change color the wavelength _______________________________________________________
5 points

b. As I change color the frequency ________________________________________________________

5 points
4. Now add a slit and click the intensity graph. Move the slit back and forth. Look at the V coming out of the slit.
a. As the slit get closer __________________________________________________________________
3 points

b. As the slit get father away _____________________________________________________________

3 points

c. Does changing the color affect this (circle one)? Yes no 2 points

d. How do you know? __________________________________________________________________

3 points