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media type="custom" key="3540634"This sandbox will go over the various properities of waves and an application for each.

Doppler Effect- The apparent change of frequency due to the speed of an obect. A typical example of this is a fire truck as it approaches you and passes. The frequency changes as it approaches and passes.[|Physlets] - This physlet provids an animated description of the Doppler Effect

Resonance - Every object has it's own natural frequency. Please click on the following video which shows what can happen when object starts to resonate.

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Interference- When two waves approach each other they can experience constructive or destructive interference. Please click on the link, [|interference], which shows what happens when two waves meet.

Diffraction - The bending of a wave around a fixed object. Please click on the following link, [|diffraction].

Refraction- The bending on light as it travels from one median to the next. Please complete the following table for light traveling from air to water.


 * n1=1 || Sin x || n2=1.33 || sin x ||
 * || 30 ||  ||   ||

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