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Science
Waves as Carriers of
Energy

Quarter 3 - Module 3
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 3 - Module 3 : Waves as Carriers of Energy
First Edition, 2020

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Science
Quarter 3 - Module 3
Waves as Carriers of Energy

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Table of Contents
COVER PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lesson 1- Waves as carriers of energy

What I Need to Know 1

What I Know 1
What’s In 2
What’s New 2
What is it 2
What’s More 4
What I Have Learned 5
What I Can Do 5
Key to Answers 6
References 7
What This Module is About

Introductory Message
Welcome to the Science 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Waves as
Carriers of Energy
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators
from public schools to assist you, the teacher or facilitator, in helping the learners
meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal,
social, and economic constraints in schooling.

To the facilitators:
As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

To the parents:
As a vital partners in education, your support to your children’s learning at home, is
a great factor to ensure that they will become succesful in what they do. As a
parents, you are expected to monitor your children’s progress while they are
accomplishing the tasks in this module while at the same time, ensuring that they
learn independently.

The objectives set for this learning material will be certainly accomplished with your
steadfast guidance and support.

To the learners:
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their
needs and circumstances.
Furthermore, it is our objective that you will have fun while going through this
material. Take charge of your learning pace and in no time, you will successfully
meet the targets and objectives set in this module which are intended for your
ultimate development as a learner and as a person.
How to Learn from this Module
To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

This part contains learning objectives that
What I Need to are set for you to learn as you go along the
Know module.

This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
What I know
meant specifically to gauge prior related
Knowledge
This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.
What’s In

An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
What’s New
to you

These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
What is It
standing of the concept.

These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
What’s More
master the competencies.

Activities designed to process what you

What I Have have learned from the lesson
Learned

These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
What I can do
applied into real-life concerns and situations.
 This is a task which aims to evaluate your
level of mastery in achieving the learning
Assessment
competency.

In this portion, another activity will be given

Additional to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of
Activities the lesson learned. This also tends
retention of learned concepts.
This contains answers to all activities in the
module.
Answer Key

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing this

module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module.
Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities included
in the module.
3. Read the instructions carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
7. If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate
to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.
8. We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain
deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it
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MODULE 3
Waves as carriers of energy
LESSON

What I Need To Know

Learning Competency: 1. Infer that waves carry energy. (S7LT-IIIc-4)
Objectives: At the end of this module, you will be able to:

a. explain sound production in the human voice box, and how pitch,
loudness, and quality of sound vary from one person to another

What’s In
There are two kinds of waves according to propagation. These are the
longitudinal and transverse waves. Sound is an example of a longitudinal wave and
it is also classified as a mechanical wave. Thus there has to be medium for which
sound should travel and propagate. Anywhere we go and whatever we do, we hear
sound. Some of these are familiar to us, a friend’ s voice, the chirping of birds, the
ticking of the clock, the barking of dogs. Certain sounds like music are pleasant to
ears; others are not. Sound differs from one another that is why we can identify who
is the one talking. But how a person produce sound? Why sounds differ from one
another?

What’s New
ACTIVITY 1
From the jumbled letters, you form a word related to the concept of
sound.
1. ITCPH = __ __ __ __ __
2. LOSSNEDU = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
3. VTNIOBARI = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
4. YNNSITETI = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

What Is It
The source of sound is a vibrating object. It is produced by a series of
vibrations parallel to the direction of travel of the waves. When we talk or make any
sound, our vocal chords vibrate. When there are no vibrations felt, no sound is

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produced. Vibrations of molecules can either be to-and-fro or back and forth
movement. When you pluck the strings of a guitar, the strings look hazy as they
vibrate and the guitar produces sound.
There are characteristics of sound that make them different from one another.
They differ in intensity, loudness, pitch, and quality.
Intensity refers to the amount of energy a sound carries. It is related to
amplitude. The bigger the amplitude the higher is the intensity of the sound wave.
Sound intensity is related to loudness. The bigger the intensity the louder is
the sound. Loudness cannot be measured because it depends on the ear and the
subjective judgment of the listener. However, we can measure intensity using the
unit bel or decibel.
Pitch is the lowness or highness of sound.The frequency of sound waves
determines its pitch. The higher the frequency of a sound wave, the higher the pitch.
The quality of sound (timbre) distinguishes sounds from one another. Two
sounds of the same pitch may not sound the same. Example, the piano and violin
sounds of the same pitch will not sound the same.

What’s More
ACTIVITY 2 . The Guitar
1. Strum each guitar string without holding the frets. (String#1 is the lowest
most string while string #6 is the uppermost string.)
2. Record all your observations in the table provided below.
String number Pitch (high or low)
1
2
3
4
5
6

Q1. Which string vibrates fastest when strummed?

Q2. Which string vibrates slowest when strummed?
Q3. Which string has the highest frequency?
Q4. Which string has the highest pitch?
Q5. Which string has the lowest frequency?
Q6. Which string has the lowest pitch?
Q7. How would you relate pitch and frequency?

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 What I Have Learned

The pitch refers to the highness or lowness of sound of a musical note. In

Activity 2, you are able to relate vibrations, frequency, and pitch using a guitar. The
pitch of a high frequency sound is also high while the pitch of a low frequency sound
is also low.

ACTIVITY 3
Match column A with column B by writing the letter on the space provided
before each number.
A B
____1. Produces sound when energy is transferred to it A. Loudness
____2. The lowness or highness of sound B. Intensity
____3. It refers to the amount of energy a sound carries C.Quality of sound
____4. A sound wave has higher pitch D. Frequency
E. A vibrating object
____5. It carries energy F. Wave
G. Bel
____6. A sound wave has lower pitch H. Higher frequency
I. Lower frequency
____7. A unit of sound intensity J. Pitch

____8. It cannot be measured because it depends on the listener

____9. It identifies one sound from another
____10. It is directly related to pitch

What I Can Do
ACTIVITY 4 How is sound produced

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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Key To Answers

Activity 1 (What’s New)

1. pitch
2. loudness
3. vibration
4. intensity

Activity 3 (WHAT I HAVE

LEARNED)
1. E
2. J
Activity 2 (WHAT ‘S MORE) 3. B
1. # 1 4. H
2. # 6 5. F
3. # 1 6. I
4. # 1 7. G
5. # 6 8. A
6. # 6 9. C
7. They are directly related. 10. D

Activity 4 (WHAT CAN I

DO)

Answers may vary

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REFERENCES
2017.
Science Learner's Manual 7. Pasig City: Department of Education.

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