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CHARACTERISTICS OF WAVES
TYPES OF WAVES
INTERACTION OF WAVES
MATHEMATICS IN SCIENCE
MISCELLANEOUS
100
What is the wavelength of Wave "X"?
16 m
100
This type of wave needs a medium to travel through?
Mechanical
100
When light bounces off an object this is called?
reflection
100
If the distance between the crest and trough of a wave is 1.4 m, what is the wave's amplitude?
0.7
100
You can hear sounds around the corner of a door due to the wave property called?
diffraction
200
What is the wavelength of wave "Y"?
8 m
200
This type of wave can travel through a "vacuum" and can also travel through matter?
electromagnetic
200
The changing of the speed of a wave is called?
refraction
200
What is the symbol for wavelength?
an upside down y
200
__________ occurs when the amplitude (or speed) of a wave changes as it goes from one medium to another
refraction
300
What is the ampltude of wave "X"?
10 m
300
What type of mechanical wave has troughs and crests?
transverse
300
The transfer of energy by a wave to the medium it travels is called?
absorption
300
Humans can hear frequencies at 22Hz. If the sound was measured during 4 seconds, how many wavelengths would pass?
88
300
The more energy a wave has, the greater it's?
amplitude
400
What is the amplitude of wave "Y"?
40 m
400
What type of wave has compressions and rarefactions?
longitudinal
400
The spreading out of waves around a barrier is called?
diffraction
400
What is the formula for speed?
s=f(Y)
400
The __________ of a wave is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point on the next wave.
wavelength
500
Which wave has the greater frequency?
wave "Y"
500
What material or object would make a good model for studying the way a longitudinal wave moves?
a slinky
500
The interaction of various different waves is called?
interference
500
If the frequency of a sound wave is 5.0 HZ, and the sound travels through air at a speed of 350 m/s, what is the wavelength?
70 m
500
True or False. Water waves can move an "inner tuber" on top of the water only in an up and down motion.
True