Properties of Waves

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What is one hertz equal to?

Back

1 cycle per second.

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How are wavelength and frequency related?

Back

When one increases, the other decreases (inversely proportional).

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What is the amplitude of a wave?

Back

The maximum height of the wave from its rest position.

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What does the letter A represent in a wave diagram?

Back

Wavelength.

Front

What happens to the energy of a sound wave as it moves farther from its source?

Back

The energy of the sound wave changes as it moves farther away from the source.

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Front

Define wavelength.

Back

The distance between two consecutive points in phase on a wave, such as crest to crest.

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What is frequency?

Back

The number of cycles of a wave that pass a point in one second.

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What is amplitude in terms of sound waves?

Back

The loudness or intensity of the sound wave.

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What is the relationship between wave speed, frequency, and wavelength?

Back

Wave speed = frequency × wavelength.

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What is a wavefront?

Back

A surface over which an oscillation has a constant phase.

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