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LEARNING ACTIVITY
SHEET
IN SCIENCE
Quarter 3 – LAS 4
Waves as A Carrier of Energy

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Name of Student: ________________________________
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SCIENCE - GRADE 7
Quarter 3 – LAS 4: Waves as A Carrier of Energy
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 Introductory Concept

Waves occur all around you in the physical world. When you throw a stone into a lake,
water waves spread out from the splash. When you strum the strings of a guitar, sound waves
carry the noise all around you. When you switch on a lamp, light waves flood the room.

Water, sound, and light waves differ in important ways but they all share the basic
properties of wave motion. For instance, you can see water waves and surfers would say that
they enjoy riding the waves. On the other hand, you don’t see sound waves and light waves
but you experience them in other ways. Your ears can detect sound waves and your skin can
get burned by ultraviolet waves if you stay under the sun for too long.

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.

The substance that a wave moves through is called the medium. That medium moves
back and forth repeatedly, returning to its original position. But the wave travels along the
medium. It does not stay in one place.

Learning Skills
MELC: Infer that waves carry energy. S7LT-IIIC-4
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
 Differentiate longitudinal wave from a transverse wave and surface
wave.
 Define the nature of waves.
 Explain how waves transfer energy.

Learning Activities
Pre-Test
Directions: Encircle the letter that best answers the question or statement.
1. Which of the following cannot transfer the energy of a wave?
a. air
b. water
c. solid object
d. empty space
2. Waves are formed when you vibrate one end of a string
attached to a fixed object. What is transferred by the string to its
other end?
a. air
b. matter

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 c. energy
d. molecules
3. An ocean wave is an example of a
a. standing wave
b. surface wave
c. transverse wave
d. longitudinal wave
4. Which best describe a transverse wave?
a. A wave which is neither a perpendicular or parallel wave.
b. A wave in which particles of the medium undergo a circular
motion.
c. A wave in which particles of the medium move in a direction parallel to the direction
that the wave moves.
d. A wave in which particles of the medium move in a direction
perpendicular to the direction that the wave moves.

5. Which one of the following statements is true for both transverse

and longitudinal wave?
a. It can change direction.
b. It can travel through a vacuum.
c. It can have similar wavelengths.
d. It can travel with the same speed

Activity 1 Transverse Wave

Directions: Perform the following activities by following carefully the procedures. Then,
answer the following questions that follow.

1. Get a piece of rope about 2 m long. Fix one end of a rope by tying it around a post or
a rod.
2. Have a single disturbance in one end of the rope.
3. Answer the questions.
a. What is formed when you created a disturbance in one end of the rope?
b. What is the medium used in this activity through which wave propagates?
c. In which direction did the wave travels through the rope?
d. Do you think the wave in the rope carry energy?
Activity 2 Longitudinal Wave
1. Get a slinky coil in the laboratory or a plastic coil, which is usually played by
children. Let a partner hold one end of the coil.
2. Then push and pull the other end. Observe.
3. Answer the questions.
a. What do you observe when you push and pull the other end of the slinky or plastic
coil?
b. In which direction did the wave travels through the rope?

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 c. Do you think the wave in the slinky or plastic coil carry energy?
Activity 3 Surface Wave

1. Place a basin filled with water on top of a level table. Wait until the water
becomes still or motionless.
2. Create a wave pulse by tapping the surface of the water with your index finger
and observe the direction of travel of the wave pulse.
3. Tap the surface of the water at regular intervals to create periodic waves.
4. View the waves from above and draw pattern that you see in the box.
5. Mark the source of the disturbance.

6. Answer the questions.

a. In which direction did the wave travel on the water’s surface?
b. Do you think the wave in the surface of the water carry energy?

Analysis
A. Directions: Use the illustrations below to differentiate a transverse wave from a
longitudinal wave and surface wave. Write your answers in the box below.

Direction of Energy Transport

Direction of Energy Transport

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B. Use your observations in Activity 3 Surface wave to answer the questions.
a. What causes the formation of waves on the surface of the water?
b. How will you prove that the waves carry energy?

Abstraction
1. What are the three categories of waves based on the direction of movement of the
individual particles of the medium?
2. What is the effect of disturbance on medium like the rope?
3. Do you think a wave carry energy? How?

Remember
A transverse wave is a wave in which particles of the medium move in a
direction perpendicular to the direction that the wave moves.
A longitudinal wave is a wave in which particles of the medium move in a
direction parallel to the direction that the wave moves.
A surface wave is a wave in which particles of the medium undergo a circular motion.
Surface waves are neither longitudinal nor transverse.
Whenever a medium is disturbed, there is a corresponding observable change in it (wave).
Waves can carry energy. The particles “take part” in the wave by bumping into one another
and transferring energy.

Application
Directions: Consider a boy at the side of the swimming pool where a toy boat is
floating at a distance not within the reach of the boy. The boy wants to move the boat.

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Guide questions:
1. How will the boy be able to move the boat?
2. Based on what the boy did in the figure above, what is now your idea of a wave?
3. What is the medium of wave propagation in the situation?
4. How will you prove that waves carry energy in the situation?

Answer Key
Pre - Test
1. d 2. c 3. b 4. d 5. a
Activities:
Activity 1
a. A wave is formed when you created a disturbance in one end of the rope.
b. The medium used through which the wave propagates is the rope.
c. The wave moves up and down through the rope.
d. Yes
Activity 2
a. There are parts in the coil that are compressed and there are parts in the coil that are far
apart. This illustrates longitudinal waves.
b. The wave travels in the same direction of motion of the slinky coil or plastic coil.
c. Yes
Activity 3
a. The wave travels away from the source of disturbance.
b. Yes

Analysis:
A.
A transverse wave is a wave in which particles of the medium move in a
direction perpendicular to the direction that the wave moves. While, a longitudinal wave is a
wave in which particles of the medium move in a direction parallel to the direction that the
wave moves. And, a surface wave is a wave in which particles of the medium undergo a
circular motion. Surface waves are neither longitudinal nor transverse.

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a. The dipping of finger on the surface of the water.
b. Waves carry energy because it causes the surface of the water to move away from the
source of disturbance.

Abstraction:
1. One way to categorize waves is on the basis of the direction of movement of the individual
particles of the medium relative to the direction that the waves travel. Categorizing waves on
this basis leads to three notable categories: transverse waves, longitudinal waves, and surface
waves.
2. Whenever a medium is disturbed, there is a corresponding observable change in it (wave).
3. Waves can carry energy. The particles “take part” in the wave by bumping into one
another and transferring energy.
Application:
1. One-way to do it is to disturb the water to create waves.
The waves will eventually move the boat.
2. A wave is a disturbance propagated through a medium in which energy is transferred.
3. The medium used in which energy is transferred is water, which is liquid in form.
4. The waves carry energy because the waves move the boat.
The energy of a wave is transferred through the vibrating particles of the medium.

References
The nature of a wave. Available at:
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/waves/u10l1c.cfm
Science – Grade 7 Learner’s Material First Edition, 2017
Project EASE Bureau of Secondary Education downloaded from
LRDMS
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/explainer-
understanding-waves-and-wavelengths