Wave Harmonics

Quiz

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Physics

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10th - 12th Grade

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Hard

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NGSS

HS-PS4-1

Standards-aligned

Charles Martinez

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When a guitar is tuned to adjust its pitch, what is it that is changed?

The wavelength of the fundamental.

The frequency of the fundamental.

The amplitude of the fundamental.

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A stretched string is observed to have four equal segments in a standing wave driven at a frequency of 480 Hz. What driving frequency will set up a standing wave with five equal segments?

600 Hz

360 Hz

240 Hz

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The speed of propagation of a transverse wave on a 2.0-m long string fixed at both ends is 200 m/s. Which one of the following is not a resonant frequency of this string?

25 Hz

50 Hz

100 Hz

200 Hz

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A string of linear density 1.5 g/m is under a tension of 20 N. What should be its length if its fundamental resonance frequency is 220 Hz?

0.26 m

0.96 m

1.1 m

1.2 m

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Find the first three harmonics of a string of linear mass density 2.00 g/m and length 0.600 m when the tension in it is 50.0 N.

132 Hz, 264 Hz, 395 Hz

66 Hz, 132 Hz, 198 Hz

264 Hz, 528 Hz, 792 Hz

none of the above

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the frequency of the fundamental mode of vibration of a steel piano wire stretched to a tension of 440 N? The wire is 0.600 m long and has a mass of 5.60 g.

517 Hz

234 Hz

181 Hz

312 Hz

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A 25-g string is stretched with a tension of 43 N between two fixed points 12 m apart. What is the frequency of the second harmonic?

6.0 Hz

12 Hz

18 Hz

24 Hz

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