WorksheetsWave Calculations
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Six waves go past a fixed point in two seconds. What is the frequency of the wave?
3
6 Hz
3 Hz
2
20 waves go past a fixed point in 10 seconds. What is the frequency of the wave?
20 seconds
20 Hz
2 Hz
2
A wave has a frequency of 6 Hz. What is the period of the wave?
0.167 s
6 m
0.167
6 Hz
A wave has a frequency of 50 Hz. What is the period of the wave?
2 m
0.02
25 m
0.02 s
A radio wave has a wave length of 4 m and a frequency of 4 Hz. What is the speed of the wave?
16 m/s
16 m
4 Hz
8 m/s
A sound wave has a frequency of 96 Hz and a wavelength of 0.5 m. What is the speed of the wave?
48 m
96 m/s
48 m/s
96 m
Compared to a low pitch wave, a high pitch wave will have a
higher frequency and shorter wavelength
higher frequency and longer wavelength
larger amplitude and shorter wavelength
smaller amplitude and shorter wavelength
Volume is the human perception if a wave's amplitude. Higher decibels relates to
shorter wavelength
longer wavelength
larger amplitude
smaller amplitude
The speed of a wave is 50 m/s. It's wavelength is 1.6 m. What is the frequency of the wave?
(v = f × λ and f = v / λ)
31.25 Hz
25 Hz
31.25 H
25
Particles in a longitudinal wave travel
perpendicular to the direction of travel
parallel to the direction of travel
perpendicular to the direction of peaks
parallel to the direction of the amplitude
The length of 4 waves together is 12m. How long is the wavelength of a single wave?
3 seconds
3 metres
12 metres
3 Hz
What is the name of the human perception of frequency?
pitch
sound
volume
decibel
A higher frequency results in
higher volume
lower pitch
lower volume
higher pitch
What do we call the human perception of amplitude?
sound
volume
Hertz
pitch
wavelength
