Wave calculations
If the amplitude is high, the volume is...
High
If a shirt reflects all colors, what color is the shirt?
White
sound waves cannot carry energy through this
A vacuum/space
The distance from peak to peak
Wavelength
Electromagnetic spectrum
High frequency waves have _______ pitch
High
What color absorbs all light?
Black
It starts with a vibration
Sound waves
The lowest point of a transverse wave
Trough
Transverse waves move ____________ to the direction of energy transferred.
Perpendicular
A wave travels at 2.4 m/s with a wavelength of 0.60 m. Find the frequency.
Hint: f= v / λ
4.0 Hz
What visible color is has the longest wavelength?
Red
What is the term for when a wave strikes a surface and bounces off?
Reflection
The measurement of a wave from the resting line to the crest.
Amplitude
EM waves are an example of this type of wave
Transverse wave
A water wave moves at 15 m/s and has a frequency of 5.0 Hz. Find the wavelength.
Hint: λ= v / f
3.0 m
What visible color has the shortest wavelength?
Purple/Violet
Every wave, regardless of type or medium, transfers this
Energy
The number of wavelengths that pass a given point per second.
Frequency
This type of wave vibrates matter in the opposite direction from how the wave is moving.
Transverse wave
A rope wave has frequency 8.0 Hz and wavelength 0.50 m. Find the wave speed.
Hint: v=fλ
4.0 m/s
What are two colors we cannot see?
Infrared and ultraviolet
How a wave bends as it moves from one medium into another
Refraction
The points where longitudinal waves are close together
Compression
This type of wave requires a medium and the energy moves in the same direction (parallel) to the medium
longitudinal