QUIZ 5.1.3 Wave Properties

When a wave travels through a medium, the wave transfers

• mass, only

• energy, only

• both mass and energy

• neither mass nor energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

An observer counts 4 complete water waves passing by the end of a dock every 10. seconds. What is the frequency of the waves?

• 0.40 Hz

• 2.5 Hz

• 40. Hz

• 4.0 Hz

A singer demonstrated that she could shatter a crystal glass by singing a note with a wavelength of 0.320 meter in air at STP. What was the natural frequency of the glass?

• 9.67 × 10⁻⁴ Hz

• 1.05 × 10² Hz

• 1.03 × 10³ Hz

• 9.38 × 10⁸ Hz

A transverse wave is moving toward the right in a uniform medium. Point X represents a particle of the uniform medium. Which diagram represents the direction of the motion of particle X at the instant shown?

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The time required to produce one cycle of a wave is known as the wave’s

• amplitude

• frequency

• period

• wavelength

Sound waves are described as

• mechanical and transverse

• mechanical and longitudinal

• electromagnetic and transverse

• electromagnetic and longitudinal

The diagram shows waves A and B in the same medium.

Compared to wave A, wave B has

• twice the amplitude and twice the wavelength

• twice the amplitude and half the wavelength

• the same amplitude and half the wavelength

• half the amplitude and the same wavelength

A student produces a wave in a long spring by vibrating its end. As the frequency of the vibration is doubled, the wavelength in the spring is

• quartered

• halved

• unchanged

• doubled

A physics student takes her pulse and determines that her heart beats periodically 60 times in 60 seconds. The period of her heartbeat is

• 1 Hz

• 60 Hz

• 1 s

• 60 s

Which two points on the wave shown in the diagram are in phase with each other?

• A and B

• A and E

• B and C

• B and D