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NAME - __________________________________________ DATE - _____________________

DIRECTIONS: WATCH THE VIDEO TO COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET. QUESTIONS GO IN ORDER.

1) What are two forms of energy that travel in waves?

1 - __Sound________________________ 2 - ____Light__________________

2) What is the distance between waves called? __wavelength_____________________________

3) Waves that travel quickly have a high ________frequency____________________________.

4) What does an oscilloscope help us see? __Waves (Helps us to study waes and observe wavelength and frequency_____________

5) TRUE FALSE Low frequency waves are far apart.

6) NIFTY HOME EXPERIMENT

Explain the goal of this experiment? _Waves move in all directions

To show how waves care energy out in all directions.____

7) What scientific term describes how big a sound wave is?

_______Amplitude___________________________________________________

8) What types of waves is light? ____Transverse_____(Electromagnetic Waves)____

Besides light, what are three other examples of these waves?

1 - ___X-rays__________________________

2 - _Radio Waves/Television Signals_______

3 - _Microwaves_________________________

9) What technology are the students using that connects with waves?

________________Antennas_____________________________________

10) TRUE FALSE X-rays have more energy than sunlight.

11) What natural disaster travels in waves? Earthquakes____________

What are these waves called? ___________________________________________________

12) What is the top of a wave called? ___CREST_____________________________________

13) WAY COOL SCIENTIST

What career is being focused on? Pilot/Airplanes_________________

How does this career connect to waves?

Planes travel faster than the speed of sound___________________________

What term connects to the wave we can hear from traveling fast?

Sonic Boom_____________________________________________________

14) What musical instrument is played to demonstrate sound waves?

Pipe Organs_________________________________________

15) TRUE FALSE Waves can carry energy from one place to another.

16) What device uses sound waves underwater? _____sonar__________

17) BILL NYE’S SCIENCE SONG

“Amplitude describes a waves _____height________________________________.”

“Ooooh ______Energy____________________ moves in waves.”

FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS

18) Think about the video we watched.

Now in a few words explain how waves are connected to each of the items below.

SUBMARINE - ___sonar to find things and how far way things are from eachother_

DOCTOR - ____x-rays___________________________________________________________

YOUR KITCHEN - __microwave___________________________________________________

SHOUTING - ____sound waves___________________________________________________

FISHING BOAT - sonar to find things and how far way things are from eachother

GUITAR - _______sound waves______________________________________

OCEAN - ___surface waves_______________________________________________________

RADIOS - ___Light waves______________________________________________________

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