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Wave speed

Authored by Raymond Johnston

Chemistry

12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A scientist is studying ocean waves and notes that a particular wave has a frequency of 36 hz and a wave length of 6 m. What is the wave speed (velocity) of this ocean wave?

25 m/s

36 m/s

30 m/s

216 m/s

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As the frequency of a radio wave transmitted by a station increases, its wavelength

gets larger

gets smaller

remains the same

goes to zero

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

 A sound wave from a tuning fork has a frequency of 50 Hz and travels through the air with a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the sound wave?

500 m/s

50 m/s

5 m/s

0.5 m/s

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

In a physics class, the teacher asks, 'What is a medium?'

something between a small and a large?

the substance through which a wave can travel

a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still

the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

In a music festival, four different bands are playing simultaneously on separate stages. If each band's music is represented as a wave, which band's music has the greatest frequency?

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

One end of the rope is vibrated to produce a wave with a wavelength of .25 m.  The Frequency of the wave is 3.0 Hz.  What is the speed of the wave?

3.00 m/s
2.50 m/s
.75 m/s
1.25 m/s

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