New Sesmester, New Topics

Hello, a new semester and new topics.

Waves:



Vocabulary waves: frequency, wavelength, amplitude, trough, crest, compressional wave, transverse wave, and more.

Objectives: Be able to differentiate compressional and transverse waves.
Be able to label a picture like that above.

Sound:



Vocabulary sound: decibels (dBs), compressional wave, ultrasound technology, compression and rarefraction, resonance, pitch, frequency, and more.

Objectives:
Know what raising the amplitude of a wave will have an affect on the sound.
Know what increasing the size of the wavelength does to the sound we hear.
Know the decibel scale and what levels do damage to a person's hearing.
Describe hat is going on with the changes made in the flame waves in the roubins tube




Human ear: Be able to identify all the parts below: (stirrup, anvil, ear, eustacian tube, pinna, cochlea, eardrum, nerve cords, outer ear canal