PROMPT

Use the graphic at the left to answer the

following prompt: How do noise-canceling
headphones work? Explain using properties
of waves.

Use the following vocabulary:

Interference (identify type!)
Waves
Amplitude
Frequency
Trough
Crest

CLAIM (Write a statement that directly answers the scientific question.) Noise canceling headphones

create opposite waves to the sound outside the headphones

EVIDENCE (Provide specific scientific observations/data that support your claim.) The evidence is

shown in the graph of the sound waves from outside and the sound waves created by the headphones

REASONING (Explain, using relevant science concepts you learned, why your evidence backs
up your claim.) Since the sound waves are opposite to one another, they cancel each other out resulting in silence