Waves and Light

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

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When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?

• The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
• The wavelength increases.
• The wavelength decreases.
• More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

• high, low

• high, high

• low, high

• low, low

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Which sound wave has the lowest pitch?

• 
• 
• 

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On which medium sound travels the slowest because the particles are spread out?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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Glass has a _____________ index of refraction than air.

• Equal
• Greater
• Less
• Impossible to say

Light has the lowest velocity in which medium?

• diamond
• water
• air

• vacuum

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What is the Doppler Effect?

• A change in frequency due to the relative motion of a wave source and an observer

• When a wave overlaps with another wave

• When a wave bounces off of another object

• When a wave bends due to traveling through a different medium

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You are driving in a car and honk the horn at a person standing in the street. As you approach the person, what happens to the pitch of the horn according to you in the car?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It stays the same because you are in the car moving with the sound.

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