IS B - Quiz 1.2

Our eyes can detect light only within a range of ____________ called visible light.

• Frequencies

• Speeds

• Mediums

• Periods

The maximum displacement of a particle by a wave is called

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Period

The ____________ is the distance between two crests of a wave.

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Period

The ____________ is the time it takes for one full vibration of a particle in a medium.

• Period

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wave Speed

____________ is the inverse of period.

• Wavelength

• Crest

• Frequency

• Amplitude

Calculate the wave speed for a wave with a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 0.3 Hz.

• 0.6 m/s

• 1.67 m/s

• 0.15 m/s

• 2.3 m/s

What is the period of a wave with a wave speed of 50 m/s and a wavelength of 10 mm?

• 2 s

• 0.2 s

• 0.02 s

• 0.0002 s

The speed of a sound wave

• depends on wavelength

• depends on the medium

• depends on amplitude

• depends on period

Waves travel quickly in a ____________ because the molecules are closely packed and physically bonded together.

• Liquid

• Gas

• Solid

• Plasma

The Doppler effect is an observed change in a wave’s

• Wavelength

• Period

• Amplitude

• Frequency