Question

review what you learned after trying the activity on page 360 of your textbook, answer the questions below to review what you learned. 1. describe what happened when you and your classmates created the two different types of waves. 2. in what direction did energy flow in each wave? 3. did the energy (or movement of the wave) flow in the same direction as the students moved? 4. did these results surprise you? why or why not? 5. what kind of waves do you think ocean waves are?

Explanation:

1. Without specific details of the wave - creating activity, a general answer could be that for transverse waves, students moved up and down or side - to - side to create a wave pattern where the medium's particles move perpendicular to the wave's direction of travel. For longitudinal waves, students might have pushed and pulled to create areas of compression and rarefaction.
2. In transverse waves, energy flows perpendicular to the motion of the particles. In longitudinal waves, energy flows parallel to the motion of the particles.
3. In transverse waves, no, as the students' motion to create the wave is perpendicular to the energy flow. In longitudinal waves, it depends on how the students move to create the compression and rarefaction, but generally, the energy flow is parallel to the overall motion of creating the wave pattern.
4. Answers may vary. If one has prior knowledge of wave properties, the results may not be surprising. If not, the differences in wave behavior could be surprising.
5. Ocean waves are a combination of transverse and longitudinal components. The surface water moves in a circular motion, which has both perpendicular (transverse - like) and parallel (longitudinal - like) aspects to the overall wave propagation.

Answer:

1. For transverse waves, students moved perpendicular to the wave direction; for longitudinal waves, students created compressions and rarefactions by pushing and pulling.
2. Transverse: perpendicular to particle motion; Longitudinal: parallel to particle motion.
3. Transverse: No; Longitudinal: It depends but generally related to the pushing - pulling motion.
4. Answers vary based on prior knowledge.
5. A combination of transverse and longitudinal components with surface water moving in a circular motion.