Speed of a Wave

Speed of a Wave

9th - 10th Grade

11 Qs

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Speed of a Wave

Speed of a Wave

Assessment

Quiz

Physics

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
How many waves are in this wave chain?
6
3
4
5

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

 A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
500 m/s
50 m/s
5 m/s
0.5 m/s

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?
34 m/s
3400 Hz
3400 m/s
34 Hz

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

5.

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

A guitar string vibrates with a frequency of 320 hz.  If the wavelength of the vibration is 0.23 meters what is the speed of the wave?
320.23 m/s
1391.3 hz
73.6 m/hz
73.6 m/s

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The lowest pitch the average human can hear is about 20.0 Hz. If sound with this frequency travels through air about 300 m/s, What is its wavelength?
15
6000 m
15 m
6000 

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

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