What's in a Wave?
Wave Math
Applications of Waves
No Waves, Yes Waves
Potpourri
100
What is the amplitude of this wave?
What is 4?
100
Find the period if the frequency is 3 Hz.
What is 0.33 seconds?
100
As a siren travels closer to you, the amplitude (volume) and _______ (pitch) increase.
What is frequency?
100
In a longitudinal wave, what is A called?
What is compression?
100
X-rays are like radio or gamma rays except their _____ differ.
What are frequencies or wavelengths?
200
What is the wavelength of this wave?
What is 4 meters?
200
Find the frequency if the period is 10 seconds.
What is 0.1 Hz?
200
When objects travel away from the observer, they experience this kind of shifting.
What is red shift?
200
In a longitudinal wave, what is B called?
What is rarefraction?
200
This move took the 2010s by storm about the same time as bottle flipping and fidget spinners.
What is dab?
300
What is the period of this wave?
What is 4.0 seconds?
300
A wave has a frequency of 15 Hz and a wavelength of 4 meters. Find the velocity of the wave.
What is 60 m/s?
300
Tommy Pickles is from this old Nickelodeon show about babies and toddlers.
What is Rugrats?
300
In a longitudinal wave what is C called?
What is wavelength?
300
What is isolophobia the fear of?
What is being alone?
400
What is the frequency of this wave?
What is 0.25 Hz?
400
This Disney heroine can communicate with ocean waves.
Who is Moana?
400
Red and blue shifting, cosmic background radiation, and Hubble's findings on the expanding universe are all points of evidence for this theory.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
400
Visual pun:
What is an emperor penguin?
400
This app infused virtual reality with a popular anime cartoon.
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What is Pokemon GO?
500
What is the speed of this wave?
What is 1 m/s?
(v = 0.25 * 4)
500
Find the wavelength of a 10 Hz wave traveling at 5 m/s.
What is 0.5 meters?
500
In space, no one can hear you scream because...
What is there is no medium for sound waves to travel through?
500
This is the smallest species of penguin.
What is little penguin, blue penguin, or fairy penguin?
500
What war ended in 1898 with the Battle of Manila Bay?
What is the Spanish-American War?