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What is another name for wave height?
Frequency
Amplitude
Wavelength
Origin
What is measured from crest to crest or trough to trough?
mediums
resting position
wavelength
origin
If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to the wavelength?
increases
decreases
stays the same
If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to number of waves per second?
increases
decreases
stays the same
What is the amplitude of this wave?
2
3
6
10
What is the wavelength of this wave?
1
2
3
4
What property does the orange arrow (A) represent?
Crest
Trough
Wavelength
What property does the green arrow (B) represent?
Crest
Trough
Wavelength
This sound has high pitch, which means it has a higher frequency. This means when you hear the sound...
More waves hit your ears per second
Bigger waves hit your ears
Less waves hit your ears per second
Longer waves hit your ears
All waves carry energy from one place to another, but some waves carry more energy than others. A leaf falling on water produces waves so small they are hard to see. An earthquake under the ocean can produce huge waves that cause great destruction.
What affects the energy of a wave? Select the 3 that apply.
The energy in a wave is determined by amplitude, which is the distance from the rest position of a wave to the top or bottom.
Large amplitude waves contain more energy.
The energy in a wave is determined by frequency, which is the number of waves that pass by each second.
The medium (material) moving along with the wave.
A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place through matter or space
wave
position
time
protein
Frequency and period are closely related. Frequency is the inverse of period.
suppose the time from one crest to another (one crest to another is also known as "the period") is 5 seconds; what is the frequency?
Select the 2 that apply.
.2
1/5
.5
1/2
One hertz is equal to:
1 cycle per second
1 amplitude
1 frequency
all the cycles in the wavelength
The particles in cold air have less kinetic energy than the particles in warm air. this means that they collide less often and take longer to transmit a sound wave pulse. What is this an explanation of:
the speed of mechanical energy
the speed of sound
the speed of electromagnetic energy
the speed within a vacuum
Each wavefront expands in a sphere, spreading the energy across a larger area. This means that the energy per unit area of the wave decreases as it moves farther form its source, causing the loudness of the sound wave to decrease. This is an example of:
energy of the sound wave changing as it moves farther away from the source.
energy of the sound wave remaining constant as it moves farther away from the source.
energy of the sound wave increases as it moves farther away from the source.
How are Electromagnetic waves different from Mechanical waves?
EM waves have very short wavelengths
EM waves transmit energy instead of matter
EM waves can travel through the vacuum of space (without particles)
EM waves can change direction by reflection
Wavelength and Frequency are related in that...
they are always the same
when one increases, the other decreases (inversely proportional)
there is no correlation
they both vary in an irregular pattern
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