Properties
The maximum displacement measured from its equilibrium position
What is amplitude?
The unit frequency is measured with
What are hertz?
The maximum of a transverse wave
What is the crest?
Jerome and Claire are doing the Period of a Pendulum Lab. They observe that a pendulum makes exactly 10 complete back and forth cycles of motion in 21.8 seconds. Determine the period of the pendulum.
What is 2.18 seconds?
The substance a wave travels through
What is a medium?
The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a unit of time
What is frequency?
The unit wavelength is measured with
What is meters?
Transverse waves are known as _____.
What are electromagnetic waves?
A fisherman notices that his boat is moving up and down in a periodic way because of waves on the surface of the water. It takes a total distance of 3.0 m for the boat to travel from its highest point to its lowest. Determine the Amplitude of the waves.
What is 1.5 m?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
What are the 3 mediums?
The distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave
What is a wavelength?
The equation used to find the period of a wave WITHOUT frequency
What is period equals time over number of oscillations?
Name an example of an electromagnetic wave
x-rays
microwaves
Gamma rays
Visible light waves
The spin rate of a CD-ROM varies according to the location on the disc from where data is being accessed. When accessing data from the inner circles of the disc, the CD can spin at a rate as high as 400 revolutions per minute. Determine the frequency (in Hertz) and the period (in seconds) of the spinning CD.
What is 6.67 Hz and 0.150 s?
A type of wave that requires a medium
What is a sound wave?
the distance a wave travels in a given amount of time
What is speed?
The equation used to find the frequency of a wave WITH period
What is frequency equals one over period?
Longitudinal waves are known as _____.
What are sound waves?
Several merchant ships reports rogue waves which are estimated to be 25 meters high and 26 meters long. Assuming that these waves travel at speeds of 6.5 m/s, determine the frequency and the period of these waves.
What is 0.25 Hz and 4.0 s?
The best medium for sound waves to travel through
What are solids?
Two properties applying to waves that specify the orientation of the oscillations
What are transverse and longitudinal?
The three equations you could use to find the velocity of a wave
What are
distance over time
wavelength over period
frequency times wavelength
A disturbance in matter that transfers energy through the matter
What is a mechanical wave?
A tsunami generated off the coast of Chile in 1990 is estimated to have traveled approximately 6200 miles to Hawaii in 15 hours. Determine the speed in mi/hr and m/s. (Given: 1.0 m/s = 2.24 mi/hr)
What is 410 mi/hr or 180 m/s?
A single disturbance that moves from point to point through a medium is called a ___.
What is a pulse?