Wavelength

The interval between two crests or troughs of a wave is called ________.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• crest

• rest point

A wave with a longer wavelength will have a _______ sound, and a ________ frequency.

• high pitch, low

• low pitch, low

• high pitch, high

• low pitch, high

distance between one point on a wave and similar point nearest to it (crest to crest, trough to trough, compression to compression or rarefaction to rarefaction).

• frequency

• amplitude

• longitude

• wavelength

number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second

• frequency

• amplitude

• longitude

• wavelength

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Look at number 1 on the diagram. What do you call the length between each wave?​ (a)  

• amplitude

• wave

• pitch

• frequency

• volume

• wavelength

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Which location represents the wavelength?

• f

• g

• h

• j

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What measurement is found by measuring the distance from one crest of one wave to the crest of the next wave?

• amplitude

• frequency

• range

• wavelength

The distance between two consecutive crests of a wave is known as what?

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Velocity

Which of the following is inversely proportional to the wavelength of a wave?

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Speed

• Time period

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