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Sound Waves

Name:
Part 1: Sound Wave Graphs
a. How would a wave that has a b. How would a wave that has a
greater AMPLITUDE and the greater FREQUENCY and the
The wave graph below represents a
same frequency look? Sketch same amplitude look? Sketch
sound wave.
you idea on the grid below. you idea on the grid below.

e. How would a wave that has a


c. How would a wave that has a d. How would a wave that has a
lesser FREQUENCY and the
lesser AMPLITUDE and the lesser FREQUENCY and the
greater AMPLITUDE look?
same frequency look? Sketch same amplitude look? Sketch
Sketch you idea on the grid
you idea on the grid below. you idea on the grid below.
below.

Part 2:
A student is listening to a pure sound wave being produced by a speaker. Each picture shows a sound
with a different frequency, but with the same amplitude.

A B C
a. Which picture (A, B, or C) shows the student listening to the sound with the highest frequency?
Why do you think so?

b. Which picture shows the student listening to the sound with the lowest frequency?
Why do you think so?

c. Draw a wave graph for each sound that indicates the relative frequency of each sound.
Part 3:
The same student is now listening to sound with different amplitudes. These pictures show sounds with
different amplitudes, but with the same frequency.

D E F
a. Which picture or pictures (D, E, or F) would best show the student listening to the sound with greatest
amplitude?
Why do you think so?

b. Which picture or pictures would best show the student listening to the sound with the lowest amplitude?
Why do you think so?

c. Draw a wave graph for each sound that indicates the relative amplitude of each sound.

Part 4:
View the diagrams below and answer the questions that follow:

I II III

a. Which sound has the highest frequency? Why?

b. Which sound has the highest amplitude? Why?

c. Which sound has the lowest frequency? Why?

d. Which sound has the lowest amplitude? Why?


Part 5:
Creating sounds using a simulator “Sound” produced by PHeT.
1. Discuss examples of things that make the different types of sounds listed in the table below. Write your
examples in the table below.

2. Open Sound simulation from the icon on your computer.


Use the Listen to a Single Source tab. Turn on the Audio Enabled so you can hear the sound.

Create the sounds in the table below!

Example of Explain how you used


Draw a wave graph to show
something that the simulation to
what the sound looks like.
Sound makes this sound make the right noise

Case A:
Loud, High-
pitched

Case B:

Soft, High-pitched

Case C:

Loud, Low-pitched

Case D:

Soft, Low-pitched

3. Which waves .....


a. Have a high frequency? b. Have a large amplitude?
c. Explain....
i. What controls pitch:

ii. What controls loudness:


d. Describe the movement of the speaker for a loud sound compared to a soft sound.

e. Describe the movement of the speaker for a high pitched sound compared to a low pitched
sound.
Creating Sounds …

 Compare how you would have to move the speaker to produce the Is this sound
sound in each case. Low or
 Describe the motions below. highpitch?
Sound  Be sure to describe what is different about each one. Loud or soft?
Case E:
Low Frequency,
Low Amplitude

Case F:

High
Frequency,

Low Amplitude

Case G:

Low Frequency,
High Amplitude

Case H:

High
Frequency,
High Amplitude

4. Develop rules for what effects frequency and what effects amplitude to explain your observations from
this activity.

5. Some of your friends are confusing frequency and amplitude. How would you describe these terms in
your own words or pictures to help your friends understand each one?

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