Waves - ELCA

A mechanical wave requires a _______ to travel through.

• focus

• medium

• displacement

• amplitude

The number of waves per second is also known as the ______of a wave.

• frequency

• amplitude

• period

• pitch

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Which equation can be used to find the speed or velocity of a wave?

• v = T (f)

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If you decrease the length of a guitar string, you are _______the string's frequency.

• decreasing

• complicating

• removing

• increasing

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The _____ of a wave measures the how long it takes for one wave to pass.

• frequency

• amplitude

• period

• pitch

A sound wave is what type of wave?

• A transverse wave

• An electromagnetic wave

• An antinodal wave

• A compression wave

If you decrease the tension on a guitar string, the result is a ______ frequency of that string.

• louder

• softer

• lower

• higher

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When two waves, moving in opposite directions collide, the resulting amplitude is the _____ of the each waves' amplitude.

• inverse

• sum

• difference

• negation

The higher the frequency of a guitar string, means a ______pitch note.

• lower

• higher

• isometric

• quarter

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If 12 waves pass a point every 4 seconds, then that wave has a frequency of ______.

• 3 Hz

• 48 Hz

• .333 Hz

• three-times-a-day

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