Wave Properties
Types of Waves and more
Sound Properties
Wave and Sound Calculations
Random Stuff
100
The number of times a wave vibrates each second
What is the frequency?
100
What is an example of a transverse wave?
What are water waves, light, microwaves, waves in a slinky, etc.?
100
The source for nearly all wave motion.
What is vibration?
100
The frequency of a wave with a 5 second period.
What is 1/5 Hz?
100
The cause for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
What is resonance?
200
The distance from crest to crest or from trough to trough on a wave
What is a wavelength?
200
Sound is this type of wave
What is longitudinal?
200
A low frequency sound is percieved as this.
What is a low pitch.
200
The speed of a wave with a wavelength of 10 meters and a frequency of 3 Hz.
What is 30 m/s?
200

The weakest of the four fundamental forces.

What is the gravitational force?

300
Two waves that are in phase interact with each other. (The high part of one wave meets the high part of a second wave)
What is constructive interference?
300

Regions of high pressure in a longitudinal wave.

What are compressions?

300

The SI unit for sound intensity.

What is the decibel?

300
The frequency of a sound wave that travels at 340 m/s and has a wavelength of 25 m
What is 13.6 Hz?
300

Resonance occurs when an object vibrates at this.

What is their natural frequency?

400

The apparent change in the frequency of a wave caused by the relative motion between the source of the wave and the observer.

What is the doppler effect?

400
Sound produced at a very high frequency is perceived as this.
What is a higher pitch?
400

What occurs when two waves interact with each other and are out of phase

What is destructive interference?

400
The wavelength of a sound wave with a frequency of 193 Hz and a speed of 340. m/s
What is 1.76 m/s?
400

The distance from the equilibrium point to the crest of a wave.

What is it's amplitude.

500

The bending of a wave caused by the change in speed as it moves from one medium to another.

What is refraction?

500
Sound can travel these types of media.
What is gas, liquid and solid. (not a vacuum)
500
Sound travels fastest in this medium.
What is a solid?
500
The distance from a canyon wall if an echo is hear 10 seconds after you shout. (speed of sound = 340 m/s)
What is 1700 meters?
500

The names of Ron Weasley's twin brothers.

Who are Fred and George?

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