Definitions
Wave Speed
Wave Types
Underwater Racket
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
100
This is the definition of "wavelength"
What is the distance between two crests or troughs; or the distance between two compressions.
100
What is the speed of a wave with a frequency of 40 Hz and a wavelength of 3 meters?
What is 120 m/s
100
This is the definition of a transverse wave.
What is a wave whose particles move in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
100
This is the cause of the oceans becoming noisier.
What is boats/ships?
100
List some examples of how gamma radiation is used.
Treatment of cancer; cleaning medical equipment; killing bacteria in food.
200
This is the definition of frequency.
What is the number of vibrations per second.
200
What is the speed of a wave with a wavelength of 6 meters and a frequency of 30 Hz?
What is 180 m/s
200
This is the definition of a longitudinal wave.
What is a wave whose particles move parallel to the direction of the wave.
200
List one negative consequence of the added noise to the ocean.
It affects animals ability to communicate, hurts their ears, interferes with the communication, etc.
200
Heaters, toasters, and grills use this type of radiation to emit heat.
What is infrared radiation?
300
This is the definitions of period
What is the time it takes a wave to travel a certain distance.
300
What is the frequency of a wave with a velocity of 50 m/s and a wavelength of 5 meters?
What is 10 Hz?
300
True or false: mechanical waves do not need a medium to travel through.
What is false.
300
According to the article, this is how much faster sound traels underwater.
What is 5 x faster underwater.
300
What are microwaves comparable to in size?
What is a bee?
400
This is the definition of amplitude.
What is half the distance from crest to trough; the height of a wave.
400
What is the frequency of a wave with a velocity of 80 m/s and a wavelength of 4 meters?
What is 20 Hz?
400
True or false: electromagnetic waves do not need a medium to travel through.
What is true.
400
Describe how sonar works.
Animals send little pings of sound that bounce off of objects, allowing them to determine distance.
400
This is the list of the waves on the Electromagnetic Spectrum with the smallest to largest frequency.
Radio waves, Microwaves, Infrared radiation, Ultraviolet radiation, Visible light, X-Rays, Gamma rays
500
This is the definition of the word medium.
What is the matter (air, water, rock) through which a wave travels.
500
What is the speed of a wave with a frequency of 65 Hz and a wavelength of 5 meters?
What is 325 m/s?
500
Give an example of a mechanical wave
What is transverse or longitudinal?
500
This is the effect Carbon Dioxide (CO2) has on ocean water.
It makes water particles absorb less sound than normal, allowing sound to travel even farther through water.
500
This is the list of waves with smallest to greatest wavelength.
Gamma rays, x-rays, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, infrared radiation, microwaves, radio waves.
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