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Science 7 Learning Activity Sheet

QUARTER 3, WEEK 4
Topic: WAVES AROUND YOU
Most Essential Learning Competency (MELCS):1. Infer that waves carry energy ( S7LT –III c-4)
2. Describe the characteristics of a sound using the concepts of
wavelength, velocity and amplitude (S7LT – III d – 7)
Reference: DepEd Region IX -SLM pgs. 2-6, Department of Education (2017). Science 7 Learner's Material.
First Edition, Department of Education-Bureau of Learning Resources (DepEd-BLR) Department of
Education (2017). Science 7 Teachers Guide. First Edition. Department of Education-Bureau of Learning
Resources (DepEd-BLR)
Learning Concept:
A wave is a disturbance that carries energy from one location to another location. It is the transport of energy
without transporting physical matter. Some waves do not need matter (called a “medium”) to be able to move, for
example, through space. These are called electromagnetic waves. Some waves require a medium in order to move. In
the process, the waves show visible disturbance or oscillation in the medium in which they occur. Such type of waves
is called mechanical waves.
Wave Types
1. A transverse wave propagates so that the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of propagation.
The medium moves at right angles to the direction of the wave. Its characteristics include compression, rarefaction,
amplitude, wavelength, frequency, and period. Its characteristics are crest, trough, amplitude, wavelength,
frequency, and period.
WAVELENGH
CREST
T

AMPLITUDE
TROUGH

2. Longitudinal Waves are waves in which the medium moves back and forth in the same direction as the waves. In a
longitudinal wave, the disturbance is parallel to the direction of propagation. Its characteristics include compression,
rarefaction, amplitude, wavelength, frequency, and period.

COMPRESSION RAREFACTION

WAVELENGHT
Characteristics or Properties of Waves
1. Wavelength (λ) is the distance between consecutive corresponding points of waves. It is measured in length.
The highest point of the wave is called the crest, and the lowest point of the wave is called the trough.
2. Amplitude (A) is the distance from the middle of the wave to the top of a crest or the bottom of a trough.
3. Frequency (f) is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. Typically, frequency is
measured in units of cycles per second or waves per second. One wave per second is also called a Hertz (Hz)
The number of complete wavelengths produced per second is defined as : f = 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑠
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
4. Period (T) is the interval of time between successive occurrences of a cyclic phenomenon; the time for one
complete wavelength to be produced. The unit used to express period is second.
5. Speed of waves (V) is the distance traveled per unit of time. It describes how fast an object is moving.
ACTIVITY 1 SUM ME UP!
DIRECTIONS: Complete the concept map, Define:
using the given data below. Write
only the letter on each box .
A. Amplitude
B. Period
C. Transverse
D. Speed / velocity
E. Longitudinal
F. Wavelength
G. Water wave
H. Wave of a rope
SOUND WAVES
Sound waves are mechanical waves, so they can travel only though matter and not through empty space. This
was demonstrated in the 1600s by a scientist named Robert Boyle.
All sounds begin with vibrating matter. For example, a guitar string vibrates when it is plucked. The vibrating
string repeatedly pushes against the air particles next to it. The pressure of the vibrating string causes these air
particles to vibrate. The air particles alternately push together and spread apart. This starts waves of vibrations that
travel through the air in all directions away from the strings.
Sound waves can travel through many different kinds of matter. Liquids are
better conductors of sound than gases. If two bodies are struck together underwater, the
sound heard by a person who is underwater is louder than when heard with air as the
medium. As you see, sound is transmitted differently in different media. Liquid
particles are close to each other than particles in the gases, so sound waves are
transmitted easier in liquids. Between liquids and solids, the particles of solids are even
closer together than the liquid molecules; therefore, sound travels even faster in solids
than in liquids. Since different media transmit sound differently, sound travels at
different speeds in different materials. Thus, solid is the best transmitter of sound.
Sound travels fastest in solids and slowest in gases. Sounds cannot travel in a vacuum.
Remember that sound is a mechanical wave which needs a medium in order to
propagate. there is no matter, there is no sound. In the outer space, sound would not be
transmitted.

Did you know that lightning and thunder occur at the same time? However, we often see lightning much
earlier than the corresponding thunder. This is because the speed of light (c = 3 x108 m/s) is much faster than the
speed of sound. The speed of sound in dry air at 00C is about 331.5 m/s. However, the speed of sound in air is not
constant. It is basically affected by three different factors, which are the atmospheric pressure, relative humidity and
atmospheric temperature. At higher atmospheric pressure, sound waves travel faster.

CHARACTERISTICS
OF SOUND

ACTIVITY 2 .LOOK AT ME!

QUESTIONS:
Consider illustration set A. (Choices: Bird or Man)
1. Which has a high pitch? ___________Low pitch? _____________
2. Which has a higher frequency? ______________Lower frequency?__________________
Consider illustration set B (Choices: Source A or Source B)
3. Which waves show higher amplitude? ___________ Lower amplitude? ____________
4. Which waves have longer wavelength? ___________Shorter wavelength? __________
5. Which waves represent louder sound? ___________Softer sound? _________________