Wave Characteristics
Sound
Electromagnetic Waves
Wave Calculations
100
What is the highest point of a wave?
crest
100

True or False: Sound waves can travel in space.

False

100

True or False: Electromagnetic waves can travel in space.

True

100

What is does this symbol: λ represent?


Wavelength

200
What is the lowest point of a wave?
trough
200
What is the measure of how high or how low a wave sounds?
pitch
200

What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?

Radio Waves

200

Hertz is the unit of ...

frequency

300
What is the distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave?
wavelength
300
What determines how loud or soft a sound is?
amplitude
300
What electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?
gamma rays
300

A wave traveling at 230 m/s has a wavelength of 2.1 meters. What is the frequency of this wave?

109.23 Hz

400

What is the height of the wave, measured from the midline to the crest.

amplitude

400
What determines the pitch of a sound?
the frequency of the wave
400

What has a shorter wavelength, red light or purple light?

Purple light 

400

What is the wavelength of a sound wave with a frequency of 50 Hz and the speed of sound is 342 m/s?

6.84 m

500

What is the number of waves that pass in a given amount of time.

Frequency

500
What causes sound waves?
vibrations
500

What is the speed of light?

3 x10 8 m/s or 300,000,000 m/s

500

A sound wave in a steel rail has a frequency of 620 Hz and a wavelength of 10.5 m. What is the speed of sound in steel?

 6510 m/s

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