Wave calculations
Wave 1
Wave 2
Parts of a wave
Types of waves
100
The formula for wave speed
What is velocity = frequency times wavelength.
100
A certain wave has an amplitude of 1.5 cm. Find the vertical distance between trough and crest.
What is 3 cm?
100
A sound wave is a type of ______ wave.
What is Mechanical or Longitudinal
100
The distance from peak to peak
What is wavelength?
100
A category of waves that can travel through a medium or a vacuum
Electromagnetic spectrum
200
High frequency waves have _______ pitch
High
200
The color stars appear when moving closer to Earth,
What is red?
200
Must travel through a medium
What is mechanical wave?
200
The lowest point of a transverse wave
What is the trough?
200
Transverse waves move ____________ to the direction of energy transferred.
What is perpendicular?
300
If the wavelength is 4 m and the velocity is 3 m/s, then the frequency of the wave is ?
.75 Hz
300
What visible color is has the longest wavelength?
Red
300
Portion of the wave from rest point to trough
What is amplitude?
300
The measurement of a wave from the resting line to the crest.
Amplitude
300
EM waves are an example of this type of wave
What is a transverse wave?
400
If the wavelength is 5 m and the frequency is 5 hz, what is the wave velocity?
25 m/s
400
Visible color light that has the shortest wavelength?
What is violet?
400
A news station broadcasts its signal using a radio wave with a frequency of 6.9 x 108 Hz. What is the wavelength of a wave from this station’s broadcast?
What is .43 meters?
400
The number of wavelengths that pass a given point per second.
What is frequency?
400
This type of wave vibrates matter in the opposite direction from how the wave is moving.
What is a transverse wave?
500
The lowest frequency we can hear is about 20 Hz. Calculate the wavelength associated with this frequency for sound that travels at 340 m/s. How long is the wavelength?
17 meters
500
Type of wave that does not require a medium.
What is an EM wave or transverse wave?
500
The relationship between frequency and wavelength for electromagnetic waves?
What is inversely proportional?
500
The velocity or speed of Radio waves
3 x 108
500
Type of wave shown here.
What is longitudinal?