Wave Properties

Front

What is the relationship between wavelength and energy?

Back

Longer wavelengths equal lower energy.

Front

What is wavelength?

Back

Wavelength is typically a measurement from the crest to crest of a transverse wave or the beginning of a compression to the beginning of the next compression in a compressional wave.

Front

True or False: Mechanical waves can only be transverse waves.

Back

False.

Front

What type of wave vibrates back and forth parallel to the motion the energy travels?

Back

Longitudinal/Compressional wave.

Front

What does the amplitude of a sound wave equal?

Back

Loudness.

Front

What does the amplitude of a light wave equal?

Back

Brightness.

Front

What is a transverse wave?

Back

A wave in which the motion of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of the wave.

Front

What is a longitudinal wave?

Back

A wave in which the motion of the medium is parallel to the direction of the wave.

Front

What is frequency?

Back

Frequency is the number of waves that pass a point in one second.

Front

How is amplitude related to sound?

Back

Amplitude determines the loudness of a sound wave.