Simple Harmonic Motion
Properties of waves
Formulas
Wave Interactions
100

What is the time required to complete a cycle of motion?

What is the period.

100

Mechanical waves have to travel through this.

What is a medium?

100

The formula for frequency.

What is cycle/second?

100

At a fixed end, a reflected wave will be this.

What is inverted?

200

The number of cycles of vibrations per unit of time in simple harmonic motion.

What is the frequency?

200

The time needed for a wave to make one complete cycle.

What is a period?

200

The formula for period.

What is the second/cycle?

200

At a free end, the reflected wave will be this.

What is upright?

300

A mass-spring system can oscillate with simple harmonic motion because a compressed or stretched spring has this type of energy.

What is elastic potential energy?

300

The distance between successive identical parts of a wave.

What is a wavelength?

300

The formula for velocity.

what is frequency/wavelength?

300
Because of refraction, the wave will change its direction as it does this.

What is changes its medium?

400

A mass attached to a spring vibrates back and forth. The acceleration reaches this at the equilibrium position.

What is the maximum?

400

The units of frequency.

What is hertz (Hz)?

400

Formula to find velocity without frequency.

What is wavelength/period?

400

A shadow region is present with this phenomeon.

What is diffraction?

500

If a force of 50N stretches a spring 0.10 m, what is the spring constant?

What is 500N/m

500

If the period of an ocean wave is 10 seconds, what is the frequency of the wave?

What is 0.10 Hz?

500

Formula to find wavelength.

What is velocity/frequency?

500

The lowest point below the equilibrium position.

What is a trough?