What's in a Wave?
Wave Math
Applications of Waves
No Waves, Yes Waves
Potpourri
100

What is the amplitude of this wave?

What is 4?

100
Find the period if the frequency is 3 Hz.

What is 0.33 seconds?

100

As a siren travels closer to you, the amplitude (volume) and _______ (pitch) increase.

What is frequency?

100

In a longitudinal wave, what is A called?

What is compression?

100

X-rays are like radio or gamma rays except their _____ differ.

What are frequencies or wavelengths?

200

What is the wavelength of this wave?

What is 4 meters?

200

Find the frequency if the period is 10 seconds.

What is 0.1 Hz?

200

When objects travel away from the observer, they experience this kind of shifting.

What is red shift?

200

In a longitudinal wave, what is B called?

What is rarefraction?

200

This move took the 2010s by storm about the same time as bottle flipping and fidget spinners.

What is dab?

300

What is the period of this wave?

What is 4.0 seconds?

300

A wave has a frequency of 15 Hz and a wavelength of 4 meters. Find the velocity of the wave.

What is 60 m/s?

300

Tommy Pickles is from this old Nickelodeon show about babies and toddlers.

What is Rugrats?

300

In a longitudinal wave what is C called?

What is wavelength?

300

What is isolophobia the fear of?

What is being alone?

400

What is the frequency of this wave?

What is 0.25 Hz?

400

This Disney heroine can communicate with ocean waves.

Who is Moana?

400

Red and blue shifting, cosmic background radiation, and Hubble's findings on the expanding universe are all points of evidence for this theory.

What is the Big Bang Theory?

400

Visual pun:

What is an emperor penguin?

400

This app infused virtual reality with a popular anime cartoon.

What is Pokemon GO?

500

What is the speed of this wave?

What is 1 m/s?

(v = 0.25 * 4)

500

Find the wavelength of a 10 Hz wave traveling at 5 m/s.

What is 0.5 meters?

500

In space, no one can hear you scream because...

What is there is no medium for sound waves to travel through?

500

This is the smallest species of penguin.

What is little penguin, blue penguin, or fairy penguin?

500

What war ended in 1898 with the Battle of Manila Bay?

What is the Spanish-American War?

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