Wave Speed Equation Review

What is the speed of a wave that travels 5 m in 2 s?

• 10.0 m/s

• 5.0 m/s

• 2.5 m/s

• 0.4 m/s

What is the speed of a wave that has a wavelength of 10 m and a frequency of 10 Hz?

• 0 m/s

• 1 m/s

• 10 m/s

• 100 m/s

What is the speed of a wave with a frequency of 220 Hz and a wavelength of 1.5 m?

• 147 m/s

• 0.0068 m/s

• 221.5 m/s

• 330 m/s

The speed of sound in air is 340 m/s. What is the wavelength of a 256 Hz (C) wave?

• 1.33 m

• 87,040 m

• 0.75 m

• 84 m

P waves in earthquakes can travel 5000 m/s. What is the wavelength of a p wave with a frequency of 20 Hz?

• 4080 m

• 250 m

• 0.004 m

• 100,000 m

An ocean wave travels at 1.5 m/s. If the wave's frequency is 0.25Hz, what is their wavelength?

• 6 m

• 1.25 m

• 0.375 m

• 0.167 m

A sonar wave travels at 1530 m/s in seawater. If its wavelength is .0306 m, what is its frequency?

• 50,000 Hz

• 0.00002 Hz

• 46.8 Hz

• 1530 Hz