Wave Properties

What is wave amplitude?

• The measure of the wavelength of a wave

• The measure of the speed of a wave

• The measure of the frequency of a wave

• The measure of the maximum displacement of a wave from its equilibrium position.

Define wave frequency.

• The number of complete waves passing a point in a certain amount of time.

• The distance between two wave crests

• The amplitude of a wave

• The speed of a wave

Explain wave period.

• Wave period is the distance between two consecutive wave crests.

• Wave period is the height of a wave measured from trough to crest.

• Wave period is the speed at which a wave travels through a medium.

• Wave period is the time it takes for one complete cycle of a wave to pass a fixed point.

How is wavelength of a wave defined?

• The speed of a wave

• The number of cycles per second in a wave

• The amplitude of a wave

• Distance between two consecutive points in a wave that are in phase with each other.

What is the phase difference of a wave?

• Measure of how much two waves are out of step with each other.

• The speed of the wave

• The amplitude of the wave

• The frequency of the wave

How is wave frequency measured?

• By counting the number of wave crests that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time.

• By observing the color of the wave

• By calculating the speed of the wave

• By measuring the wavelength of the wave

What is the relationship between wave frequency and wave period?

• Wave frequency and wave period are inversely related.

• Wave period is constant regardless of wave frequency.

• Wave frequency and wave period are directly related.

• Wave frequency has no impact on wave period.

How does increasing wave amplitude affect the energy of the wave?

• Increasing wave amplitude increases the energy of the wave.

• Increasing wave amplitude has no effect on the energy of the wave.

• Increasing wave amplitude causes the wave to disappear.

• Increasing wave amplitude decreases the energy of the wave.

Compare the wavelengths of high frequency and low frequency waves.

• Low frequency waves have shorter wavelengths than high frequency waves.

• High frequency waves have shorter wavelengths than low frequency waves.

• High frequency waves have longer wavelengths than low frequency waves.

• Low frequency waves have longer wavelengths than high frequency waves.

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