Properties of Waves
Mechanical Waves
Wave Calculations
Properties of Waves 2
Identify the Wave Parts
More wave pics
100
_________ is the distance from one crest or trough to the next.
What is wavelength?
100
What are the two types of mechanical waves?
What is Transverse and Longitudinal
100
This is the wave equation for Velocity.
What is Velocity = Wavelength*frequency
100
This wave has compressions and rarefactions
What is longitudinal?
100
A
What is wavelength
100
Which wave has the largest wavelength?
B
200
True or False: Amplitude indicates how much energy a wave is carrying.
What is true?
200
What is the definition for mechanical waves?
What is matter that travels through a medium?
200
This is the velocity of a wave with 30Hz, and a wavelength of 4m.
What is 120m/s?
200
This type of wave the particles moves perpendicular to the wave speed.
What is a Transverse wave?
200
E
Rest Period
200
Which wave has the largest frequency.
C
300
A _______ is the lowest point, or valley, of a wave and the __________ is the highest point of a wave.
What is trough and peak.
300
These 2 types of waves require a medium to travel...
electromagnetic mechanical
light sound
mechanical and sound
300
This unit is used to measure the frequency of wavelengths.
What is hertz
300
This type of medium sound waves travel the fastest through.
Gases
300
C
Peak
300
Which wave has the smallest wavelength?
C
400
The wave that begins with an E that can travel through empty space and mediums.
What are electromagnetic waves?
400
Sound waves are this type of wave.
What is Longitudinal.
400
This is the equation for wavelength
Velocity/Frequency
400
The particles in these waves move parallel to the direction of wave travel.
What is longitudinal waves.
400
B
Amplitude
400
Which wave has the smallest frequency?
B
500
A __________ is a disturbance that transfers __________ from one place to another.
wave, energy
500
This wave is a mechanical wave...
Radio X-Ray
Infrared Sound
Sound
500
This is the wavelength of a sound wave in air if it has a frequency of 2 hz and a velocity of 8 m/s.
What is 4 meters.
500
This is how many waves pass in 1 second.
What is the frequency.
500
D
Trough
500
Identify the type of wave as well as part A and B.
Longitudinal, compression, rarefaction
600
Name the wave below and identify each of the five parts of the wave.
Transverse Wave
1. rest period 4. amplitude
2. trough 5. peak
3. wavelength