Today we started the notes for chapter 15 lesson 1. We are on pp. 526-535. We set up out focusing questions and then worked on the vocabulary for the lesson.
Here are the notes:
Keep in mind the vocabulary has been shorted and stated in student language
Lesson 1
-What is a wave?
-How do different types of wave make particles of matter move?
-Can waves travel though empty space?
Vocab
- Wave - moves E not mater
- Mechanical wave - a wave that travels through a medium (Stuff)
- medium - fancy word for stuff (We will get into more detail on this.)
- Transverse wave - a wave that moves side-to- side
- crest -(not Colgate) the high point of a wave
- trough - the low point of a wave
- longitudinal wave - a wave that moves foreword and back
- compression - the point of E in a L-wave
- rarefaction - the point of no E in an l-wave
- electromagnetic wave (EM wave) - a wave that can travel though both mater and empty space.