Waves and light equations

What is the distance measured between two peaks of a wave?

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Cycles

Answer explanation

Remember, waveLENGTH is a measure of LENGTH.

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What is the height of the wave?

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Cycle

What is the count of waves that pass a given point per second?

• Frequency

• Amplitued

• Wavelength

• Cycle

Answer explanation

Think, how FREQUENT the wave passes in a given amount of time.

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Which symbol is used for wavelength?

• m

• /s

Answer explanation

Lamda ... length

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Which symbol is used for frequency?

• m

• /s

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Which unit is used for wavelength?

• m

• /s

Answer explanation

Lamda ... length

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Which unit is NOT a unit of frequency?

• Hertz (Hz)

• /s

• m

Which aspect of an electromagnetic wave determines the color of visible light?

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Speed

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A wave with a long wavelength has ...

• a high frequency.

• high energy.

• low energy.

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Which aspect of a sound wave determines the volume?

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Medium