WorksheetsReview Wave properties
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 17mins
Match the following vocab and its definition.
maximum displacement
Amplitude
distance between two same adjacent points
wavelenght
time required to make a wave
period
number of waves per second
frequency
how fast the wave travels
wave speed
Given a displacement - time graph. Label the vocab given into the graph.
wavelength
amplitude
crest
trough
a = (a)
b= (b)
c= (c)
Please draw a wave that has 3.25 of wavelength.
Which wave in the diagram has the lowest frequency?
Which wave in the diagram has the shortest wavelength?
Waves transfer (a)
The areas of a longitudinal waves where particles are spread far apart from each other are called:
rarefactions
compressions
amplitude
wavelength
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 with a frequency of 60.0 Hz travels through rubber with a wavelength of 0.90 m. What is the speed of this wave?
Step 1:
f = (a)
λ = (b)
v = (c)
Step 2: Formula: (d)
Step 3: Solve.
v = (e)
= 54 m/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
The figure is sine wave in CRO screen. Setting of this CRO is 5 V/div for y-axis and time-base is 50 mikro seconds. Determine the amplitude and the period of wave.
2V, 2 mikro seconds
2V, 100 mikro seconds
10V, 2 mikro seconds
10V, 100 mikro seconds
Look at the figure. Determine the amplitude and the period of wave.
[y-axis is 4 V/div and time-base is 0.2 seconds/div]
2V, 0.8 s
2V, 4 s
8V, 0.8 s
8V, 4 s
What happens to the wave energy when the amplitude of the wave decreases?
It is decreased by 1/4 th
It is decreased by 1/3 rd
It is decreased by 1/2 (half)
It is decreased by 1/8 th
