Semester 2, Unit 1: Sounds and Waves.

Goals:

1.Explain what a wave is.
2. Differentiate between longitudinal and transverse waves
3. Correctly use the vocabulary: medium, pulse, crest, trough, compression, and rarefaction.
4. Define and apply the following wave characteristics: period, frequency, velocity, wavelength, amplitude, and energy.
5. Apply the following relationships: T=1/f and v =f*wavelength.
6. Explain how standing waves are produced and correctly use the terms nodes and antinodes.
7. Explain the following wave behaviors, interference, beats, resonance, doppler effect and sonic booms.

Homework:
p.335, practice problems 2,3,5,6
p. 345 Q 16,17,18, and p.346 Q 42
p. 369 Q 13,14, 16, 18, 19, 42
Wave Superposition Practice Sheet
Speed of Sound Lab Questions
Wave Review work sheets

Test Fri, 2/20
On the block day 2/19 or 20 we’ll do an activity for the next unit on light.

Here’s the website I’ll be showing a lot of : http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos.html