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100
What is wavelength measured in?
What is meters?
100
What is the equation to solve for period?
What is one divided by frequency?
100
What term is a single disturbance or pulse that travels through a medium?
What is a wave pulse?
100
What is the low point of a wave?
What is a trough?
100
What is the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 262 Hz and a wavelength of 1.29m?
What is 338 meters per second?
200
What is velocity measured in?
What is meters per second
200
What is the equation for velocity?
What is wavelength times frequency?
200
What term is used to describe the number of complete oscillations that a wave makes in each second?
What is frequency?
200
What is the high point of a wave?
What is a crest?
200
What is the period of a wave that has a frequency of 2Hz?
What is .5 seconds?
300
What is frequency measured in?
What is Hertz?
300
What is the formula for frequency?
What is one over period?
300

This interference occurs when two interfering waves have a displacement in the opposite direction

destructive interference


300

What is the horizontal line between the crest and a trough called?

What is midline or rest point?

300
What is the speed of the wave that has a frequency of 900Hz and a wavelength of 2 meters?
What is 1800 meters per second?
400
What is period measured in?
What is seconds?
400
What is the equation to solve for wavelength?
What is velocity divided by frequency?
400
What is a mechanical wave that vibrates perpendicular of the waves motion?
What is a transverse wave?
400
What is the shortest distance between points where the wave pattern repeats itself?
What is a wavelength?
400
What is the period of a wave that has a frequency of 5Hz?
What is .2 Seconds?
500
What is speed measured in?
What is meters per second?
500
What is the formula for speed?
What is distance time time?
500
What is a disturbance that carries energy through matter or space?
What is a wave?
500
what is the distance between the rest point and the trough, or the rest point and the crest called?
What is amplitude?
500
What is the speed of a wave that has a wavelength of 7 meters and a frequency of 9 Hz?
What is 63 meters per second?