Do the Math
Waves Definitions
EMS
Vocab
Absolutely Random
100

A wave traveling at 10 m/s has a frequency of 0.5Hz. What is it´s wavelength?

20m

100

The rate at which a wave covers a distance

Wave speed

100

Electromagnetic wave used in TV remote controls.

Infrared

100

Occurs when a wave bounces off of an object

What is a reflection?

100

How many events are there in the heptathlon?

7

200

Waves are produced with a frequency of 10Hz. What is the period of a single wave?

0.1s

200

The maximum displacment of a wave

Amplitude

200

Name all 7 waves of the EMS in order starting with the least energetic.

Radio - Microwave - Infrared - Visible Light -UV - X rays - Gamma  

200

Transfers energy through a material medium

Mechanical wave

200

Which film won the ´Best Film´award at the 2020 Oscars?

Parasite

300

A series of waves are produced with a frequency of 10Hz. How many waves will have been produced after 1 minute?

600

300

How often the particles of the medium vibrate when a wave passes through it 

frequency

300

These 3 EM waves which carry enough energy to damage living cells are said to be forms of ionizing radiation.

Ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma radiation

300

A type of wave that can travel through empty space

What are electromagnetic waves?

300

In what year did the Titanic sink?

1912

400

A wave with an amplitude of 2cm interferes with a wave of amplitude -2cm traveling in the oppsite direction. What is the amplitude of the resultant wave?

0 cm (complete destructive interference will occur)

400

Standing wave patterns that can only be produced within a medium when it is vibrated at certain frequencies and their associated wave patterns are referred to as this

Harmonics

400

Electromagnetic wave that has slightly longer wavelength than x-rays

Ultraviolet light

400

This occurs when two waves meet while traveling along the same medium

Wave interference

400

What colors are the five rings of the Olympics symbol?

Red, blue, yellow, green and black.

500

What color light is produced?

C - B + R = 

Yellow

500

The area of a longitudinal wave where particles are furthers apart and density is at its lowest.

Rarefaction

500

What is the approximate wavelength of red light? 

700nm

500

If both ends of a tube are uncovered or open, the musical instrument is said to contain contain ....

an open-end air column

500

Mogadishu is the capital city of which African nation?

Somalia