Sound | Experiment 1 - Wave Length: How does the length of a vibrating string affect the sound it produces?

Experiment 1
Wave Length: How does the length of a vibrating string affect the sound it produces?

Purpose/Hypothesis

In this experiment, you will find out how the length and tightness of a plucked string affects the sounds it produces. Before you begin, make an educated guess about the outcome of the experiment based on your knowledge of sound. This educated guess, or prediction, is your hypothesisAn idea in the form of a statement that can be tested by observation and/or experiment.. A hypothesis should explain these things:

  • the topic of the experiment
  • the variable you will change
  • the variable you will measure
  • what you expect to happen

A hypothesis should be brief, specific, and measurable. It must be something you can test through...

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