Speed of a wave on a slinky

The speed a wave travels through a medium depends of the material.

1.What will be the difference between a wave travelling through liquid, solid or gas?

Investigate how the speed of a wave changes with tension in the spring.

What happens to a spring if you stretch it? What happens to the energy of the spring?

Send a pulse down the spring at three different tensions. Create a table:

Write a method of what you did.

Discussion:

1. Does the speed change with the tension?

2. Try to explain your result using the physics.

3. Does the speed change with the type of wave?

4. Try to explain your results