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    Waves and Sound Practice WS - Graph, Doppler, Resonance

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    The document contains a worksheet with physics problems about waves and sound including measuring wavelength and amplitude of waves, drawing waves with different properties, explaining the Doppler effect, calculating frequencies of harmonics of a vibrating spring, using the Doppler effect formula, and calculating resonant frequencies of an open tube.

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    Waves and Sound Practice WS - Graph, Doppler, Resonance

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    Waves and Sound Practice Worksheet Name __________________________ Date _________

    Physics B

    1) Precisely measure the amplitude and wavelength of the wave below. Label them with arrows.

    Wavelength = _________

    Amplitude = _________

    # of wavelengths = _____

    2) On the graph below, draw another wave which has the same wavelength, but half the amplitude.

    3) On the graph below, draw a wave which has the same amplitude, but a twice the frequency

    4) On the graph below, draw a wave which would cancel the wave below, showing complete destructive
    interference.
    5) In the picture to the right, a wave source is
    moving to the right. Measure the wavelengths
    recorded by observer A, on the left, and
    observer B, on the right.

    Do this by measuring 5 wavelengths A B


    and dividing by 5 to get a precise
    average.

    A B

    5
    wavelengths
    (cm)
    λ =
    wavelength
    (cm)
    f=v/λ
    (Hz)

    6) The diagram above shows the cause of the Doppler Effect. If a wave source is moving towards an
    observer, that observer senses a ____________________ wavelength, and a ___________________
    frequency. So observer B would hear a sound which was at a ________________ _______________
    than the actual sound.
    Observer A sees the source moving away, and would hear a sound which had a ___________________
    wavelength, and had a ________________ frequency, which sounds like a ____________ __________.

    7) The diagram to the right A


    shows two sine waves, A and B,
    which have slightly different B
    frequencies. A listener hears the
    Sum of the two waves, shown at the
    bottom. SUM
    Above diagram A, write “C” at
    each place where waves A and B
    are in phase, and create
    constructive interference, and write “D” at each place where the waves are opposite, or out of
    _______________ and create ______________________ interference.
    If these were sound waves, you would hear ______________, as the combined waves had a higher and
    lower amplitude. “Waah, waah, waah, waah…”
    More challenging problems:
    8) A certain spring is stretched to a tension of 42 N so waves travel at a speed of 12.4 meters per second.
    If the spring is 5.6 meters long, what are the wavelengths and frequencies of the first 3 harmonics?

    9) The Doppler effect causes a shift in the observed frequency when the
    observer and the wave emitter are moving relative to each other.
    The formula to the right gives the observed frequency, where
     f is the observed frequency
     f0 is the emitted, or original, frequency
     c is the velocity of waves in the medium
     vr is the velocity of the receiver relative to the medium; positive if the receiver is moving towards
    the source.
     vs is the velocity of the source relative to the medium; positive if the source is moving away from
    the receiver.
    The frequency is decreased if either is moving away from the other.
    a) The speed of sound at a racetrack is 343 m/s. Show that a car driving at 86.2 m/s towards an observer,
    emitting a sound at 512 Hz, will be observed to have an apparent frequency of 683 Hz.

    b) How fast would that car have to be driving to shift the frequency up by a full octave?

    10) A child has a “whirlytube” which is an open tube which makes whistling sounds when it passes
    through the air quickly. It has an effective length of 78cm, including the end correction. What are
    the first four frequencies that should resonate in that pipe?
    (Remember that a displacement antinode should occur at the open end.)
    We have this toy in the room. Find out what notes it plays, and see how close the frequencies are to the
    calculated frequencies!

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