Akiu Dequiña

BSEd 3-1
Wave and Optics

Virtual Activity: Sound Waves

3. It’s a longitudinal wave. Because based on simulation, I noticed that the wave travels
in the same direction as the disturbances.
4. The longitudinal wave is parallel to the disturbances.
5. The reason why sounds travels faster in solid rather than gas, Is because the molecules
of the solid are much closer together compared to the molecules of the gas where it’s
molecules are scattered.
6. Based on the simulation, I noticed that as I increased the amplitude, the sound
becomes more louder, and when I decreased it the sound becomes weaker.
7. Based on the simulation, I noticed that no matter how I changed the amplitude, the
change in amplitude does not affect the wavelength.

8. If the wave has a higher amplitude, it means the louder the sound we can hear.
9. Based in the simulation, I noticed that when I increased the frequency, the sound
change into a high pitch, and soft pitch when I decreased the frequency.
10. Yes! The wavelength change when the frequency change, because based in the
simulation, I see that when I increase the frequency, the wavelength gets shorter, and
when I decreased the frequency the wavelength gets longer.

11. It means that the wave has a shorter wavelength, because a wave with a high
frequency has a crest that are closer together.
12.

13. Evidence that sound travels as wave

The diffraction and the interference are the phenomenon of the wave.
• Sound can be diffracted such as when we hear someone is singing in adjacent
side our location.
• Sound can produce interference such as phasing.
14. Evidence that sound is a form of energy
• Sound can cause object to vibrate such as when we put small beads to the speaker
and we can see that when the speaker start to produce sounds will start to bounce
to the speaker, which is the evidence that sound is a form of energy.

15. Generalization
In review to this activity, I learned that sound wave is a type of longitudinal wave, and it
can travel much faster in solid material compared to gas. Also I learned that the change
in amplitude has an impact to the sounds we can perceived, but not in their wavelengths.
Another, I learned that when there’s a change in frequency it has an impact to the pitch
of the sound and to their wavelengths and last one, I learned that the sound is a form of
energy and it travels as a wave.