Wave Properties
This is the height of a wave from its rest position to the crest.
What is amplitude?
This is what the "F" stands for in FM radio.
What is frequency?
This force pushes electrons through a wire.
What is an electric field?
This weather event was the primary cause of the 2021 Texas blackout.
What is a winter storm?
This is a type of energy source that is naturally replenished, like wind and solar.
What is a renewable energy source?
This is what waves transfer from one place to another.
What is energy?
This is the wave property changed in AM signals.
What is amplitude?
This is the device that turns kinetic energy into electrical energy.
What is a generator?
This caused energy demand to increase during the blackout.
What is cold weather?
This is one downside of using solar power as an energy source.
What is intermittency? (losing solar power at night)
This wave property is inversely related to frequency.
What is wavelength?
This inner ear structure resonates at different frequencies.
What is the cochlea?
These two components are essential in a generator for producing electricity.
What are a magnet and a coil?
This type of energy is transferred when electrons flow through a wire.
What is electrical energy?
This electrical device changes the voltage of electricity in the grid.
What is a transformer?
This is how particles move in a transverse wave.
This is how binary code can be transmitted using different frequencies.
What is frequency modulation?
This is the term for a complete path that allows current to flow.
What is a closed circuit?
This was unable to meet the demand and was central to causing the blackout.
What is supply of energy?
This fossil fuel is considered a nonrenewable energy source.
What is coal? Or what is natural gas?
This is the standard unit used to measure frequency.
What is hertz?
Changing the frequency of a sound wave causes this change in perception.
What is pitch?
This type of electrical fault bypasses the intended circuit load.
What is a short circuit?
This type of infrastructure is often prioritized to maintain power during blackouts.
What are hospitals and other emergency services?
Batteries help the grid by doing this with excess electricity.
What is store it for later use?