It's All in the Name
The Periodic Column
Slandering the Imperial System
The Long and Short of It
Fun Facts
100

Answer in the form of a question: the highest point on a transverse wave.

What is a crest?

100

A physics class decides to measure the period of a pendulum hanging from their ceiling. What are they actually measuring?

How long it takes the pendulum to swing back and forth

100

How many centimeters are in one and a half meters?

150

100

Which way do particles move in a longitudinal wave?

Back and forth, parallel to the path of the wave itself

100

What are our three units this semester?

Waves, Sound, and Light

200

Answer in the form of a question: the lowest point on a transverse wave.

What is a crest?

200
T = 0.1964 s, f = ?

5.0916 Hz

200

How many Hz are in 0.34 kHz?

340 Hz

200

What do you call the part of a longitudinal wave where particles are squished together?

A compression zone

200

Name two examples of transverse waves in real life

Light waves, slinkies, ropes, etc. 

300

Answer in the form of a question: stacking two identical waves on top of each other (not adding them! just putting one physically above the other) and measuring from the trough of one to the crest of the other gives you four of these.

What is amplitude?

300

What two variables does the period of a pendulum depend on?

Length and gravity

300

How many millimeters are in three kilometers?

3,000,000 seconds

300

What do you call the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are stretched out?

A rarefaction zone

300

Name an example of a real-life wave that could kill you! 

Tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, etc.

400

Answer in the form of a question: a mass hung from a fixed point, that can freely swing back and forth. 

What is a pendulum?

400

How do you spell the full name of the SI unit of frequency?

Hertz
400

Convert 150 mm/s to m/min. 

9 m/min

400

Name two examples of longitudinal waves in real life

Possible answers: sound waves, slinkies, earthquakes, starquakes, etc. 

400

Name a sport that takes place on waves

Surfing! 

500

Answer in the form of a question: LIGO measures these kind of waves. 

Gravitational waves!

500

As a group, use your bodies to demonstrate to the class what a transverse wave looks like. You get 60 seconds to deliberate from the moment you open this question, and one try to do it!

:)

500

Many chemistry conferences have held a 50-Trillion Angstrom (Å) Run. How long is this run in kilometers? (1 Å = 1 x 10-10 m) (1 trillion = 1,000 billion)

5 km

500

As a group, use your bodies to demonstrate to the class what a longitudinal wave looks like. You get 60 seconds to deliberate from the moment you open this question, and one try to do it!

:)

500

On what planet in the solar system would a 1m pendulum have the shortest period?

Jupiter