Bill Nye Wave Notes
1. What are three things that travel in Waves?
Energy, Sound, and Light
2. What are three of the properties of waves?
Wave length, Frequency, and amplitude.
3. Why does light break into patterns when it is run through thin slits?
Because of the different wavelengths, Light comes out of it.
4. Do X-Rays have higher or lower frequency that light waves?
higher
5. Define wavelength:
The length of a wave/distance between two numbers.
6. What causes waves on the ocean?
Wind causes waves in the ocean.
7. What are the waves in the Earth called (earthquake waves)?
Waves in the Earth is called seismic waves.
8. Define Frequency:
Frequency is how fast the waves go.
9. Define amplitude:
Amplitude is the height of the waves.
10. What kind of wave travels by squeezing and spreading?
Compression waves travel by squeezing and spreading.
11. What is it called when a wave bounces back and comes back to the source?
Reflection is when the wave bounces back and comes back to the source.
12. What is a Sonar?
Sonar is using the sound to tell how far things are away from you.
Energy, Sound, and Light
2. What are three of the properties of waves?
Wave length, Frequency, and amplitude.
3. Why does light break into patterns when it is run through thin slits?
Because of the different wavelengths, Light comes out of it.
4. Do X-Rays have higher or lower frequency that light waves?
higher
5. Define wavelength:
The length of a wave/distance between two numbers.
6. What causes waves on the ocean?
Wind causes waves in the ocean.
7. What are the waves in the Earth called (earthquake waves)?
Waves in the Earth is called seismic waves.
8. Define Frequency:
Frequency is how fast the waves go.
9. Define amplitude:
Amplitude is the height of the waves.
10. What kind of wave travels by squeezing and spreading?
Compression waves travel by squeezing and spreading.
11. What is it called when a wave bounces back and comes back to the source?
Reflection is when the wave bounces back and comes back to the source.
12. What is a Sonar?
Sonar is using the sound to tell how far things are away from you.