Physics: Wave Mini Quiz

Units

100

m/s

What is speed?

200

m, cm, mi, ft

What is distance or wavelength?

300

sec, min, hr

What is time?

400

Hz

What is frequency?

Parts of a Wave

100

This is how stretchy the bonds in the particles of a wave are. 

What is tension?

200

This is the name for the highest part of the graph.

What is peak?

300

This is the distance from one peak to another.

What is wavelength?

400

This is how far the wave travels up or down from the center of the graph.

What is amplitude?

Calculations

100

A scientists studies a seismic wave with a frequency of 10 Hz and a wavelength of 560 m. What is the speed of the wave?

What is 5600 m/s

200

Scientists found the speed of a wave to be 4,400 m/s. If the frequency of the wave is 10 Hz, what is the wavelength?

440 m

300

The wave speed of a wave is 3,300 m/s and its wave length is 110 m. What is its frequency?

30 Hz

400

A seismic wave has a frequency of 25 Hz and a wavelength of 366. What is the wave speed?

9150 m/s

Relationships

100

As wavelength increases, frequency _____________.

What is decreases?

200

As wave speed increases, wavelength _____________.

What is increases?

300

As frequency increases, wave speed ___________.

What is increases?

400

As wavelength decreases, wave speed __________.

What is decreases?