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WorksheetsWave Calculations Practice
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 2hrs 47mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the wavelength of a sound wave with a frequency of 1200 Hz travelling with a speed of 370 m/s?
a)
2.2 m
b)
0.31 m
c)
0.62 m
d)
4.4 m
2.
A tennis coach paces back and forth along the sideline 10 times in 2 minutes. The frequency of her pacing is
a)
5 Hz
b)
5 s
c)
0.08 Hz
d)
0.08 s
3.
A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
a)
500 m/s
b)
50 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
0.5 m/s
4.
A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?
a)
34 m/s
b)
3400 Hz
c)
3400 m/s
d)
34 Hz
5.
Which letter represents a trough of a wave?
a)
Part B
b)
Part A
c)
Part C
d)
Part D
6.
what type of wave is it?
a)
Squishy Wave
b)
Transverse Wave
c)
longitudinal wave
d)
longitudinal/compression/pressure waves
7.
____________________ is the number of waves that move past one spot in a second
a)
energy
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
d)
frequency
8.
High frequency waves have _________ wavelength.
a)
varying
b)
high
c)
the same
d)
low
9.
Which letter represents wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
10.
What wave has rarefaction and compression?
a)
longitudinal
b)
surface
c)
heat
d)
transversal
11.
Which letter represents the wave crest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
12.
What is a medium?
a)
something between a small and a large?
b)
the substance through which a wave can travel
c)
a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
d)
the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave
13.
How many waves are in this wave chain?
a)
6
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
14.
A tennis coach paces back and forth along the sideline 10 times in 2 minutes. The frequency of her pacing is
a)
5 Hz
b)
5 s
c)
0.08 Hz
d)
0.08 s
15.
A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
a)
500 m/s
b)
50 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
0.5 m/s
16.
crest to crest or trough to trough
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
17.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
18.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
19.
A mechanical wave cannot travel through...
a)
a vacuum(empty space).
b)
water.
c)
air.
d)
glass.
20.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
21.
The blue-throated hummingbird flaps its wings 300 times a minute. What is its frequency?
a)
5 hz
b)
300 hz
c)
300/60
d)
a lot?
22.
1. Frieda the fly flaps its wings back and forth 121 times each second. The period of the wing flapping is
a)
0.008 Hz
b)
0.008 s
c)
121 Hz
d)
121 s
23.
A sound wave at STP has a frequency of 20,000 Hz. What is the wavelength.
a)
0.2 m
b)
0.6 m
c)
6.0 m
d)
0.02 m
24.
A person floating in a tube experiences the wake from a passing boat. If the person goes up then down then back up to where they started 1.2 seconds what is the frequency of the water wave?
a)
1.2 s
b)
1.2 Hz
c)
0.83 s
d)
0.83 Hz
25.
A person floating in a tube experiences the wake from a passing boat. If the person goes up then down then back up to where they started 1.2 seconds what is the period of the water wave?
a)
1.2 s
b)
1.2 Hz
c)
0.83 s
d)
0.83 Hz
26.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast
27.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
28.
What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?
a)
Longitudinal waves
b)
Transverse waves
c)
Sound waves
d)
P-waves
29.
What do waves carry from place to place?
a)
Energy, but not matter or particles
b)
Energy and matter or particles
c)
Matter or particles but not energy
d)
Neither energy nor matter or particles
30.
The most dense part of a longitudinal wave.
a)
Density
b)
Compression
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Amplitude
31.
What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?
a)
Compressions and rarefactions
b)
Crests and troughs
c)
Compressions and crests
d)
Rarefactions and troughs
32.
Sound is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
33.
Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
34.
Sound needs a medium to travel through. What is a medium?
a)
solid, liquid, gas
b)
open space
c)
waves
d)
nothing
35.
regular disturbances that carry energy through matter or space
a)
crest
b)
energy
c)
wave
d)
trough
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