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Science
Quarter 3 – Module 3
Waves as Energy Carriers

Romencita D. Gollayan

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 What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
understand the concepts of waves and its properties, waves as energy carriers.
There is an interesting activity for you about wave motion while the teacher facilitates
the class and gives examples of waves in the environment and focus on what waves can
do.

After going through this module, you are expected to infer that waves carry energy.
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Specifically, you are expected to:
 explain how waves carry energy from one place to another; and
 distinguish between transverse and longitudinal waves.

What I Know
Read each sentence carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Mechanical waves transport energy from one place to another through _________.
A. particles travelling with the wave
B. vibrating particles and travelling particles
C. alternately vibrating particles of the medium
D. Both A and B

2. What do you call the distance between two consecutive crests of a wave?
A. wavelength B. frequency C. wave speed D. amplitude

3. Which of the following waves is characterized by compressions and rarefactions?

A. longitudinal waves C. electromagnetic waves
B. transverse waves D. light waves

4. How can you describe the movement of the vibrations of a transverse wave?
A. At right angles to the direction of wave travel.
B. In the same direction as the wave travels.
C. Opposite to the direction of wave travel.
D. Above and below the moving wave.

5. The following are types of waves; sound is an example of a________.

A. transverse wave
B. a longitudinal wave
C. a wave that does not transmit energy
D. a wave that can travel through a vacuum

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6. The vibrations of a transverse wave move. Which of the following is the correct
direction of the movement of a transverse wave?
A. above and below the moving wave
B. opposite to the direction of wave travel
C. in the same direction as the wave travels
D. at right angles to the direction of wave travel

7. The amplitude of the wave in the diagram below is represented by letter ______.

A. A B. B C. C D. D

8. Which of the following is considered as the highest point of a wave?

A. amplitude B. crest C. frequency D. trough

9. The frequency of a wave is 2 beats per second. What is the velocity of a wave if its
wavelength is 4m?
A. 4m/s B. 6m/s C. 8m/s D.10m/s

10. What will happen as the frequency of a wave increases and its speed remains
constant?
A. The wavelength increases.
B. The wavelength decreases.
C. The amplitude increases.
D. The wave period increases.

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Lesson WAVES AND ITS PROPERTIES

A wave is a periodic disturbance that moves away from a source and carries
energy with it. For example, earthquake waves show us that the amount of energy
carried by a wave can do work on objects by exerting forces that move objects from
their original positions. Have you personally experienced an earthquake? How did it
feel? Did you know that you can understand earthquakes by studying waves?
(Science 7 LM k 12 DepEd)

What’s In
Look at the diagram below answer the guide questions.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Ocean waves

Guide Questions:
1. Imagine what happens when you drop a stone into a basin of water.
Figure 1________________________________________________________________________
2. Why are we able to see ocean waves?
Figure 2________________________________________________________________________

What’s New
What are Waves? (Adopted from K 12 Science 7 Learner Material
p 145)

Try to wave at your parents and siblings and observe the motion of
your hand.
Do you make a side-to-side motion with the palm of your hand?
Do you do an up-and-down motion with your hand?
1. Describe your personal hand wave.
_____________________________________________________________ Waving is a common gesture
that people do to catch
someone’s attention or to
convey a farewell.

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 What Is It
What is wave?

 A wave is a disturbance that carries energy from place to place.

 A wave does not carry matter with it! It just moves the matter as it goes through
it.
 Some waves must have a medium in order to move. These are called mechanical
waves.
 Observe and study the table below, distinguish between transverse and
longitudinal waves

Wave Types Descriptions Illustrations

Transverse waves Waves in which the medium
moves at right angles to the
direction of the wave

Parts of transverse Crest: the highest point of the

waves: wave
Trough: the lowest point of
the wave

Wave Types Descriptions Illustrations

Compressional (or Waves in which the medium
longitudinal) waves moves back and forth in the
same direction as the wave

Parts of longitudinal Compression: where the

waves particles are close together.
Rarefaction: where the
particles are spread apart.

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 Wave Properties Wave properties depend on
what (type of energy) is
making the waves.

1.Wavelength
the distance
between one
point on a wave
and the exact
same place on
the next wave.

How many waves go past a

point in one second;
2. Frequency
unit of measurement is hertz
(Hz).
10 waves going past in 1
second = 10 Hz
1,000 waves go past in 1
second = 1,000 Hz
1 million waves going past =
1 million Hz

How far the medium moves

from rest position (where it is
when not moving).
Remember that for
3. Amplitude transverse waves, the highest
point is the crest, and the
lowest point is the trough.

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Remember that for compressional waves, the points where the medium is close
together are called compressions and the areas where the medium is spread apart are
called rarefactions.
The closer together and further apart the particles are, the larger the amplitude.
Compression

Rarefaction
http://www.mwit.ac.th/~physicslab/applet_04/physics_classroom/Class/sound/u11l1c.html

Sample Computation:
1. A wave with frequency of 2Hz is passing in a given time, determine the following using
the given diagram:
a. Amplitude : 4m
b. Period : 0.5 second
c. Wavelength: 10 meters
d. Velocity: 20 m/s

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 Solution:

Period (T) = 1/frequency

= 1/2Hz
= 0.5 second
Wavelength = 10meters
Velocity (V) = wavelength X frequency
= 10 meters X 2Hz
Velocity = 20m/s

Amplitude is the maximum distance the particles in a wave vibrate from the rest position.
Wave -speed is the speed with which a wave crest passes by a particular point in a space,
measured in meter per second.
Wavelength is the distance in the line of advance of a wave from anyone point to the next point
of corresponding phase.
Period is the completion of the cycle in a wave.

What’s More
Activity 1. Let’s Make Waves! What happens when waves pass by?
(Adopted from K 12 Science 7 Learner Material)
Objectives: In this activity,
 you will observe, identify and draw the different types of waves.
 you will describe how they are produced.

You may need the following materials:

 A rope (at least 2 meters long)

 A colored ribbon
 A coil spring (Slinky)

Procedure
A. What are transverse waves?
1. Straighten the rope and place it above a long table. Hold one end of the rope and
vibrate it up and down. You would be able to observe a pulse. Draw three sketches of
the rope showing the motion of the pulse at three subsequent instances (snapshots at
three different times). Draw an arrow to represent the direction of the pulse’s motion

Time 1

Time 2

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Time 3

Guide Questions:
A. What is the source of the wave pulse? ________________________________________
B. Describe the motion of your hand as you create the pulse. ____________________
C. Describe the motion of the pulse with respect to the source. ___________________

Figure 1. Periodic wave

Tie one end of the rope on a rigid and fixed object (e.g heavy table, door knob, etc).

Figure 2. Rope tied to a rigid object

Attach a colored ribbon on one part of the rope. You may use adhesive tape to fix the
ribbon. Make a wave by continuously vibrating the end of the rope with quick up-and-
down movements of your hand. Draw the waveform or the shape of the wave that you
have created.

Ask your parent or siblings to vibrate the rope while you observe the motion of
the colored ribbon. Remember that the colored ribbon serves as a marker of a chosen
segment of the rope.
Guide Questions
A. Does the wave transport the colored ribbon from its original position to the end of
the rope?
B. Describe the vibration of the colored ribbon.
C. How does it move as waves pass by? Does it move in the same direction as the
wave?

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B. What are longitudinal waves?
1. Connect one end of a long table to a wall. Place coil spring on top of table. Attach
one end of the coil spring to the wall while you hold the other end.

Figure 3. Coil spring or slinky on a flat table with one end attached to a wall

Which of the two pulses (A or B) below will travel from the hand to the wall in the least
amount of time? Justify your answer.

What I Have Learned

Complete the concept map of a wave use the options in the box to fill in the correct
answers.

CREST COMPRESSION LONGITUDINAL RAREFRACTIONS TROUGH

WAVE

can be can be

TRANSVERSE

contain contain

How would you differentiate transverse wave from a longitudinal wave?

_____________________________________________________________________________________

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 What I Can Do
Read the sentences carefully and write your answer on the space provided.
choose the options in the box for your answers.
(Adopted from Learners Material K12 Science DepEd)

longitudinal perpendicular transverse

Particles vibrate alternately to transport the energy of the wave.
Waves can set other objects into motion.

1. Waves can be classified according to the direction of motion of the vibrating particles
with respect to the direction in which the waves travel.

A. Waves in a rope are called ____________ waves because the individual segments
of the rope vibrate ____________ to the direction in which the waves travel.

B. When each portion of a coil spring is alternatively compressed and extended,

____________ waves are produced.

2. How do we know that waves carry energy? _______________________________________

3. What happens when waves pass by? ___________________________________________

Additional Activities

Let’s try!
Use pencil and paper to answer the given problem.

A transverse wave is found to have a vertical distance of 8 cm from crest to

trough, a frequency of 2 Hz and a horizontal distance of 10 cm from crest to trough.
Determine the following: (Refer to the sample computation on What Is It page 8).
Show your computation and solution.

Amplitude: _______________________
Period: ___________________________
Wavelength: ______________________
Speed/Velocity____________________

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 Posttest
Read each sentence carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. The frequency of a wave is 2beats per second. What is the velocity of a wave if its
wavelength is 4m?
A. 4m/s B. 6m/s C. 8m/s D.10m/s

2. What will happen as the frequency of a wave increases and its speed remains
constant?
A. The wavelength increases. C. The amplitude increases.
B. The wavelength decreases. D. The wave period increases.

3. The vibrations of a transverse wave move. Which of the following is the correct
direction of the movement of a transverse wave?
A. above and below the moving wave
B. opposite to the direction of wave travel
C. in the same direction as the wave travels
D. at right angles to the direction of wave travel

4. Mechanical waves transport energy from one place to another through___________.

A. particles travelling with the wave
B. vibrating particles and travelling particles
C. alternately vibating particles of the medium
D. Both A and B

5. Which of the following waves is characterized by compressions and rarefactions?

A. longitudinal waves C. electromagnetic waves
B. transverse waves D. light waves

6. What do you call the distance between two consecutive crests of a wave?
A. wavelength B. frequency C. wave speed D. amplitude

7. The following are types of waves; sound is an example of a________.

A. transverse wave
B. a longitudinal wave
C. a wave that does not transmit energy
D. a wave that can travel through a vacuum

8. How can you describe of the vibrations of a transverse wave?

A. At right angles to the direction of wave travel.
B. In the same direction as the wave travels.
C. Opposite to the direction of wave travel.
D. Above and below the moving wave

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9. Which of the following is considered as the highest point of a wave?
A. amplitude B. crest C. frequency D. trough

10. The amplitude of the wave in the diagram below is represented by letter ______.

A. A B. B C. C D. D

Images Source

http://www.mwit.ac.th/~physicslab/applet_04/physics_classroom/Class/sound/u11l
1c.html

Links

The Anatomy of a waves. Available at:

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/waves/u1012a.cfm

Books

K12 Science 7 Teachers Guide Department of Education. Republic of the Philippines

K12 Science 7 Learner Materials Department of Education. Republic of the Philippines

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of the passing waves.
C. It vibrates along the axis to the direction of travel
back and forth repetitively.
B. As the waves pass by, the coloured ribbon moves
A. no, it doesn’t
GUIDE QUESTIONS
FIGURE 2
The pulse moved away from the source
A quick up and down movement
A vibration due to a quick shake at one end of the rope
FIGURE 1
WHATS MORE
WHAT’S NEW WHAT’S IN
1.The repetitive motion that Figure 1-Waves
you do with your hand while ripple out from the spot
waving is called a vibration. A where the stone entered
vibration causes wave motion. the water. The way waves
When you observe a wave, the move across the water is
source is always a vibration. similar to how sound
2. Water waves can be waves travel through the
generated by vibrating the air.
surface of water. Figure 2 Because
there is light.
Answer Key
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WHAT I CAN DO.
1.
A. TRANSVERSE –
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES PERPENDICULAR
Amplitude=8 cm ... B. LONGITUDINAL
Period=0.5 second ... 2. WAVES CAN SET OTHER
Wavelength=8 cm ... OBJECTS INTO MOTION
Speed=16cm per second 3. PARTICLES VIBRATE
ALTERNATELY TO TRANSPORT
THE ENERGY OF THE WAVE
RAREFRACTION COMPRESSION TROUGH CREST contain
contains
LONGITUDINAL TRANSVERSE
can be
WAVE
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
 Development Team of the Module

Writer: Romencita D. Gollayan

Content Editors: Jessica S. Mateo

Marites R. Del Valle

Language Editor: Kristine Joyce G. Montejo

Cover Illustrator: May Anne G. Pasco

Layout Artist: Jemwel Dela Paz
Management Team:
Sheryll T. Gayola
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
OIC, Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

Elisa O. Cerveza
Chief, CID
OIC, Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Jessica S. Mateo
EPS-Science

Ivy Coney A. Gamatero

EPS – LRMS

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