Equations
What is the wave speed of a wave with a frequency of 5 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m?
What is the crest?
The highest point on the wave.
What is the speed of light?
300,000,000 m/s
Are sound waves mechanical or electromagnetic?
Mechanical
What is the wavelength of a wave with a wave speed of 60 m/s and a frequency of 3 Hz?
20 m
What is the trough?
The lowest point on a wave.
True or False... Light waves need a medium to travel.
False
What place makes it impossible for sound waves to travel through?
Outer Space
What is the frequency of a wave with a wave speed of 100 m/s and a wavelength of 50 m?
2 Hz
What is amplitude?
The measure of how far a wave moves from its resting point.
What happens to the speed when light waves encounter a medium?
What makes a sounds pitch higher or lower?
The frequency.
What is the wave speed of a wave with a frequency of 7 Hz and a wavelength of 60 m?
420 m/s
What is wavelength?
The distance from a point on one wave to an identical point on the next wave.
Are light waves mechanical or electromagnetic?
Electromagnetic
What happens when you raise the amplitude on a wave?
It raises the volume.
What is the wave speed of a wave with a frequency of 12 Hz and a wavelength of 7 m?
84 m/s
What is a vacuum?
The absence of any matter in a space.
What are some examples of waves on the EM spectrum?
visible light waves, radio waves, X - rays, etc.
What is the cause of sound?
Vibrations