Properties Of Waves
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This portion of your quiz asseses your understanding of the vocabulary we have been using. Choose the best answer if two answers appear to be correct. . Take your time and think through each question. You may take the quiz more than once if you'd like, but only your first score will "count. "
Questions and Answers
- 1.The number of waves that pass by in a second is known as the wave's
- A.
Wavelength
- B.
Frequency
- C.
Speed
- D.
Amplitude
- 2.The power of a wave comes from the wave's
- A.
Wavelength
- B.
Frequency
- C.
Speed
- D.
Amplitude
- 3.The distance between two identical points on a adjacent waves is the wave's
- A.
Wavelength
- B.
Frequency
- C.
Speed
- D.
Amplitude
- 4.
- A.
Wavelength & energy
- B.
Frequency & amplitude
- C.
Wavelength & frequency
- D.
Amplitude & tension
- 5.The material a wave travels through is called the
- A.
Medium
- B.
Amplitude
- C.
Energy field
- D.
Antinode
- 6.
- A.
Increase
- B.
Double
- C.
Halve
- D.
Decrease
- 7.By counting the number of crests that pass by a given point in a certain amount of time, a person can calculate the wave's
- A.
Tension
- B.
Speed
- C.
Wavelength
- D.
Frequency
- 8.
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The wavelength is represented by which letter?- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 9.
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The wave trough is represented by which letter?- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 10.
![If the following wave has a frequency of 30 Hz, what is its speed?]( "If the following wave has a frequency of 30 Hz, what is its speed?")
- A.
20 m/s
- B.
30 m/s
- C.
45 m/s
- D.
50 m/s
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- 13.Using academic language, explain the cause and effect relationship between the amplitude of a wave and the wave's speed.
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