Parts of a Wave
Frequency and Period
Wave Types
Velocity
Superposition
100
Rank these waves from highest to lowest frequency.
What is 4, 2, 1, 3?
100
The period of a wave that has a frequency of 5 Hz (with work shown and units!).
EQUATION: T=1/f
What is:
T=1/5
T=0.2 s
100
The movement of particles in a longitudinal wave.
What is back and forth?
100
The speed of a sound wave with a 1.5 m wavelength and a frequency of 200 Hz (with work shown and units!).
EQUATION: v = λ(f)
What is:
v=1.5(200)
v= 300 m/s
100
Type of interference shown below.
What is destructive?
200
The wavelength of this wave (with units!).
What is 4 m?
200
The time it takes for a fan to complete 240 roatations at a fequency of 2 Hz (with work shown and units!).
EQUATION: t=n/f
What is:
t=240/2
t= 120 seconds
200
Waves on a string or water ripples are examples of this type of wave.
What is transverse?
200
The speed of a wave with a 2.5 m wavelength and a period of 0.5 s (with work shown and units!).
EQUATION: v = λ /T
What is:
v=2.5/0.5
v= 5 m/s
200
Amplitude of the resultant wave when they interfere with one another.
What is 1 unit.
300
Rank these waves from highest to lowest wavelength.
What is 3, 1, 2, 4?
300
The period of a fan that completes 240 roatations at a fequency of 2 Hz (with work shown and units!).
EQUATION: T=1/f
What is:
T=1/2
T=0.5 s
300
Sound waves are this kind of wave.
What is longitudinal?
300
Choose the option below with the wave that will be moving the fastest. [Note: the waves below are traveling through the same medium.]
wave 1, wave 2, wave 3, or option 4: they will all be traveling at the same speed
What is option 4?
300
What is one large wave with amplitude of 5.
400
Period of this wave (with units!).
What is 20 s?
400
The frequency of a pendulum that completes 12 cycles in 4 seconds (with work shown and units!).
EQUATION: f=n/t
What is:
f=12/4
f= 3 Hz
400
Label A on this wave.
What is a compression?
400
If the frequency of a wave increases while the wavelength stays the same, the velocity of the wave will ________.
EQUATION: v = λ(f)
What is increase?
400
What this wave looks like AFTER they have passed by one another.
The bigger amplitude is on the left still moving left and the lower one is on the right still moving right.
500
The amplitude of this wave (with units!).
What is 15 cm?
500
Period and frequency are the _____________ of each other.
What is inverse?
500
The label that is analagous to a trough on a transverse wave.
What is B?
500
The velocity of this wave if the wave has a period of 3 seconds (with work shown and units!)
EQUATION: v=λ/T
What is:
v=4/3
v=1.33 m/s
500
What this wave looks like DURING & AFTER they have passed by one another.
What is during it would be a flat line... after the bottom trough would be on the left, moving left and the crest would be on the right, moving right.