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Science Activity Sheet

Quarter 3 – MELC 3
Week 4
Waves as Carriers of Energy

REGION VI-WESTERN VISAYAS

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Science 7
Activity Sheet No. 3: Waves as Carriers of Energy
First Edition, 2021

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Introductory Message

Welcome to Science 7!

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Name of Learner: ____________________________________________________
Grade and Section: ______________________Date: ________________________

SCIENCE ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 3

Waves as Carriers of Energy

I. Learning Competency with Code

Infer that waves carry energy. (S7LT-IIIc-4)

II. Background Information for Learners

Wave motion can be experienced in everyday life. Surfers can feel and
even enjoy as they are carried away by water waves during surfing. Your ears
can detect sound waves and your skin can feel the heat of the sun and get
burned by its ultraviolet waves.

When do waves occur? It is observed that when you throw a stone into
a river or lake, water waves are formed. Sound waves are produced when you
strum the strings of a guitar carrying its noise all around you. Light waves
spread all over the place once you switch on the lamp. Water, sound, and
light waves may differ distinctively from one another, but they all possess the
basic properties of wave motion.

This new learning activity will be about waves as carriers of energy. From
the observations that you will be doing in the succeeding activities, you are
expected to infer that waves carry the energy and better understand concepts
of wave motion.

III. Accompanying DepEd Textbook and Educational Sites

Department of Education. K-12 Basic Education Curriculum, Science 7

Learner’s Material (p150-154). Pasig City, Philippines. 2014.

Department of Education. K-12 Basic Education Curriculum, Science 7

Teacher’s Guide (p 126-138). Pasig City, Philippines. 2017

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IV. Activity Proper

Objective:

In this activity, you will observe and draw different types of waves and
describe how they are produced. You will also describe the different types of
waves.

Materials
• A rope (at least five meters long)
• A colored ribbon
• A coil spring (Slinky™) – to be provided by your teacher
• A basin filled with water
• A paper boat

Activity 1. What are transverse waves?

Procedure:
1. Straighten the rope and place it above a long table
2. Hold one end of the rope and vibrate it up and down. You would be
able to observe a pulse.
3. Draw three sketches of the rope showing the motion of the pulse at
three subsequent instances (snapshots at three different times) in the
box similar to boxes drawn below.
4. Draw an arrow to represent the direction of the pulse’s motion.
5. Copy the boxes below on a separate sheet of paper.

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Guide Questions:

a. What is the source of the wave pulse?

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b. How do you describe the motion of your hand as you create the pulse?
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c. How do you describe the motion of the pulse with respect to the
source?
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You will now tag a specific part of the rope while making a series of pulses.
A periodic wave can be regarded as a series of pulses. One pulse follows
another in regular succession. The shape of the individual waves is repeated
at regular intervals.

Figure 1. Periodic wave

5. Tie one end of the rope on a rigid and fixed object (e.g., heavy table,
doorknob, etc.).

6. Attach a colored ribbon on one part of the rope. You may use adhesive
tape to fix the ribbon. Make a wave by continuously vibrating the end of the
rope with quick up-and-down movements of your hand.

7. Draw the waveform or the shape of the wave that you have created on a
separate sheet of paper.

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8. Ask a family member to vibrate the rope while you observe the motion of
the colored ribbon. Remember that the colored ribbon serves as a marker of
a chosen segment of the rope.

Guide Questions:

d. Does the wave transport the colored ribbon from its original position
to the end of the rope?
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e. Describe the vibration of the colored ribbon. How does it move as

waves pass by? Does it move in the same direction as the wave?
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The upward and downward motion of the rope moving away from the
source represents the transverse wave. In a transverse wave, the direction
of the wave is perpendicular to the direction of the source (hand motion).

Activity 2. Longitudinal Waves

Procedure:

1. Place coil spring on top of the table. Attach one end of the coil spring to
the wall while you hold the other end.
2. Do not lift the coil spring. Ask a family member to vibrate the end of the
coil spring by doing a back-and-forth motion parallel to the length of
the spring.
3. Observe the waves along the coil spring. Draw how the coil spring looks
like as you move it back-and-forth.

4. Attach a colored ribbon on one part of the coil spring. You may use an
adhesive tape to fix the ribbon. Ask a family member to vibrate the coil
spring back-and-forth while you observe the motion of the colored
ribbon. Remember that the colored ribbon serves as a marker of a
chosen segment of the coil spring.

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 Guide Questions:

a. Does the wave transport the colored ribbon from its original
position to the end of the rope? Explain your answer.
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b. Describe the vibration of the colored ribbon. How does it move as

waves pass by?
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The forward and backward motion of the coil spring represents the
longitudinal wave. In longitudinal wave, the direction of the wave is
parallel to the direction of the source (hand motion). Examples of
longitudinal waves are sound waves, ultrasound waves, Seismic and P-
waves.

Activity 3. What are surface waves?

Procedure:
1. Place a basin filled with water on top of a level table.
2. Wait until the water becomes still or motionless.
3. 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.
4. Tap the surface of the water at regular intervals to create periodic
waves.
5. View the waves from above and draw the pattern that you see. In your
drawing, mark the source of the disturbance.

6. Wait for the water to become still before you place your paper boat on
the surface. Create periodic waves and observe what happens to your
paper boat.

Guide Questions:

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 a. Do the waves set the paper boat into motion? What is required to set
an object into motion?
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b. If you exert more energy in creating periodic waves by tapping the
surface with greater strength, how does this affect the movement of
the paper boat?
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7. If you were somehow able to mark individual water molecules (you used
a colored ribbon to do this earlier) and follow them as waves pass by,
you would find that their paths are like those shown in the figure below.

Figure 4. Surface waves

Image taken from Science 7 Learner’s Module

Guide Questions:

c. Based on Figure 4, how do you describe the motion of the particles

relative to wave motion?
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d. Does the wave transport water molecules from the source of the
vibration? Support your answer using Figure 4.
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The waves on the surface of the water are the combination of transverse
and longitudinal waves.

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IV. Reflection

Complete the following:

I learned that…
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I need more information on:

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I will apply…
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Activity 1
Guide Questions:
a. A vibration due to a quick shake at one end of the rope
b. A quick up and down movement.
c. The pulse moved away from the source.
d. No, it does not.
e. As the waves pass by, the colored ribbon moves up and down repetitively. It does not move in the same
direction as the passing waves. Instead, it vibrates along the axis perpendicular to the direction of travel
of the passing waves.
Activity 2
Guide Questions:
a. No, it does not.
b. As the waves pass by, the colored ribbon moves back and forth repetitively. It vibrates along the axis
parallel to the direction of travel of the passing waves.
Activity 3
Guide Questions:
a. Yes, the waves moved the paper boat. Energy is required to set and object into motion.
b. The wave carried more energy causing the paper boat to vibrate strongly.
c. The passage of a wave across a surface of a body of water involves the motion of particles following a
circular pattern about their original positions.
d. No, the water molecules are not transported from the source of the vibration. The figure shows that the
water particles merely move in circular orbits about their original positions as waves pass by.
Key Answer to Guide Questions V.