Making Waves Lab

Waves. It is a simple idea but once you get into it, well there it becomes COMPLICATED.

In class we did a lab about waves, how they respond and how they affect different obstacles on water.  After the lab we did an online simulation and tried different things with it. I did 3 examples of different waves, so here it is.
Experiment Number 1-
Frequancy: 50
Amplitude: 50
First i set both on half to see what happens. Since i didn't like the top view i rotated it to the side so i have an amazing side view of waves. There is more than one drop coming out of the pipe causing the waves to stretch really high up and touching the top. Then they continue in the same height and speed.

Expiriment Number 2- 

Frequency- 20

Amplitude-  100

I set them differently know and got many interesting results. This time my frequency is quiet low and the amplitude is the highest possible. I also moved the pipe to the middle which caused a huge change. There are huge drops coming out of the pipe one by one. When they are falling the waves go all the way up to the top of the screen. When the drop touches the water it splits in half which causes the wave to separate and respond to the left and the right.

Expiriment Number 3- 
Frequency- 10
Amplitude-9
This time the pipe is still in the middle but the drops are very small. They are slowly falling down one by one. It looks as if someone forgot to completely close the tap. The little drop creates slow ad small waves that continue traveling to both sides of the pipe. 

Those were the three different experiences that i did with he online simulation. Know below are my Data Analysis, Conclusion and Further Inquiry.

Data Analysis: What patterns of relationships to you see in your data table/ shetches/ images?

We did many different ways and used different props to see how waves respond. We noticed that whenever we drop the drop from a lower and further distance from the cork it didn't affect it. When we dropped it from a higher and closer distance it affected the cork and the waves bounced back. When we dropped drops of water into spaces with very hard and heavy objects like clay, it didn't affect it because it was too heavy to lift it and go under but it simply bounced off it and created returning waves.

Conclusion: What do you conclude about the behavior of waves in the various situations you created today? Can you answer the guiding question now? 

In conclusion we gathered many different observations and sketched many different scenes with different drops, and obstacles.  We can clearly see that the height and distance form where you drop the drop affects everything about the obstacle. When we have different obstacles like the cork and the clay the drops affect it in different ways. For example the waves bounce of the clay and the waves go under and move the cork. When the had a paper towel the waves went under and on top. Then here is my answer to the guiding question: When a pipette is used to drop drops into the pan the waves go in many different waves. Where you drop the drop affects the shape of the waves and where it will bounce of it and where and how it will return. A mechanical wave needs an obstacle to travel. A mechanical wave needs a disturbance in water. When a wave come across a solid object it reacts in many different ways. For example if you have a very heavy and dense object like clay it will not move it but it will bounce from it and created returning waves. If the obstacle is light, a cork for example it will go under it or push it in a direction and help it travel.