Wave Types
Wave Properties
Signal
Digital vs Analog
100
This wave type requires a medium for energy to transfer.
What is a mechanical wave
100
The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time is known as ________________
What is frequency
100
When the pixels of an image are reduced, what happens to the storage space?
What is it is reduced.
100
A cassette tape uses this type of signal
What is analog
200
When surfers ride the highest point of a wave, they are riding the _____.
What is crest
200
On a longitudinal wave, the ___________ is determined by the distance from rarefaction to rarefaction.
What is wavelength
200
A binary code denoted by 1s and 0s is what kind of signal?
Digital
200
REVIEW: EVERYBODY WINS!: In what way can software be used in communication technologies
What is ability for encryption and security
300
Double Jeopardy: Another name for a longitudinal wave is __________
Double Jeopardy: What is a compressional wave
300
True or false: The higher the amplitude, the less energy a wave has.
What is false
300
Tablets, cell phones, and modern computerized objects use this type of signal
What is electromagnetic
300
This signal can be better-stored electronically
What is digital
400
This type of wave moves perpendicular through a medium.
What is transverse
400
Which wave in the diagram has the highest frequency?
What is letter "B"
400
Double Jeopardy: Morse code is the signal that is created by pulses of energy called a ____________ when a switch is closed on a circuit.
Double Jeopardy: What is a wave pulse
400
When a dog barks, what type of signal is created?
What is an analog signal
500
A student tied a rope to a tree and created a periodic wave traveling through the rope by making it vibrate up and down. What is traveling through the wave?
What is energy
500
What causes a change in wave speed?
What is the medium through which a wave travels
500
Morse code uses this type of signal
What is electronic
500
Nannette was working on cleaning up the noise from an analog signal and from a digital signal. Which signal would she have a harder time erasing the noise from?
What is analog