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Physics Lab 8 (Online Simulation) waves interference and Diffraction 2024/2025
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- Abacus College, Oxford
Physics Lab 8 (Online Simulation) waves interference and Diffraction 2024/2025
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Physics Lab (Online Simulation)Waves
Interference & Diffraction
Electricity and Light
Unit 7
TA name: Hori Pada Sarker Due Date: April 22, 1 pm
Student Name: Abel L. Carrasco II
Student ID: 1001667006
A. Waves
This lab uses the Waves Interference simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations at
University of Colorado Boulder, under the CC-BY 4.0 license.
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/wave-interference/latest/wave-interference_en.html
Learning Goals: Students will be able to:
1. Make waves with water, sound, and light and see how they are related.
2. Discuss wave properties using common vocabulary.
3. Explain how changing the frequency and amplitude affects the characteristics of the
wave.
4. Design an experiment to measure the speed of the wave.
Develop your understanding: Open the Waves screen, then explore to make water waves and
ways to observe and measure the waves.
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Explain your understanding of water waves:
1. Use your own words and captured images from the simulation to show you can measure:
a. Wavelength of longest wave possible
For the longest wavelength, decrease the frequency to the minimum and you can keep the
amplitude maxed out. Measurements found that the wavelength was around 6.5-7.
b. Wavelength of shortest wave possible
To achieve the shortest wavelength, increase the frequency to the max. The wavelength can be
measured to be around .05 when oscillating.
c. Height of tallest wave possible
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Tallest wave possible can be achieved by increasing the amplitude to the max. This can be
measured with the graph.
2. Describe your experiments to make waves of different wavelengths and heights including
which views and tools were needed and why. Support your explanation with images from
the simulation.
By playing with the amplitude and frequency levels, I was able to obtain various
wavelengths and heights which were then measured. To measure such values, the graph
and water level tools were used as seen in the above and below images.
3. Use your own words and captured images from the simulation to show you can or cannot
measure:
a. Period of longest wave possible
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