Vocab
Transverse
Longitudinal
Equations
BONUS
100
The ability to do work
Energy
100
Waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling
transverse wave
100
Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction that the waves are traveling
longitudinal wave
100
What is the equation for wave speed?
wave speed = wavelength x frequency
100
Draw a longitudinal wave
200
the material through which a wave travels
medium
200
FROM REST TO CREST
amplitude
200
The parts where the coils are close together
compressions
200
What is frequency measured in?
Hertz
200
Draw a transverse wave
300
a repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down
vibration
300
From crest to crest or from trough to trough.
wavelength
300
The parts where the coils are spread out
rarefactions
300
A ship anchored at sea is rocked by waves that have crests 14 m apart. The waves travel at 7.0 m/s. How often do the wave crests reach the ship?
0.5 seconds
300
What is the frequency of a wave if three waves go by in one second?
3 Hertz
400
The highest and lowest part of the wave
crest and trough
400
Which letter labels the trough
D
400
How compressed the medium becomes in a longitudinal wave
amplitude/ wavelength
400
The lowest pitch that the average human can hear has a frequency of 20.0 Hz. If sound with this frequency travels through air with a speed of 331 m/s, what is its wavelength?
16.55 meters
400
What is the frequency of a wave if 660 waves pass by in a minute?
11 Hertz
500
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave
Wavelength
500
Which letter shows the rest.
G
500
How compressed the medium becomes.
wavelength/ amplitude
500
Cicadas produce a buzzing sound that has a wavelength in air of 2.69 meters. If the speed of sound in air is 346 m/s, what is the frequency of the sound produced by a cicada?
128.62 seconds / Hertz
500
What is the frequency of a wave if 1,800,000 waves pass by in an hour?
500 Hz