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Wave Speed

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 41mins

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1.

A scientist is studying ocean waves and notes that a particular wave has a frequency of 36 hz and a wave length of 6 m. What is the wave speed (velocity) of this ocean wave?

a)

25 m/s

b)

36 m/s

c)

30 m/s

d)

216 m/s

2.

Imagine you are at the beach, observing waves coming to the shore. You notice that a particular wave has a frequency of 3.5 hz and a wave speed of 33.5 m/s. What is the wavelength of this wave?

a)

25 m

b)

36 m

c)

10 m

d)

12 m

3.

Imagine you are at the beach, observing waves coming to the shore. You notice that a particular wave has a wave speed of 65 m/s and a wave length of 3 m. What is the frequency of this wave?

a)

25 Hz

b)

36 Hz

c)

19 Hz

d)

22 Hz

4.

A scientist is studying ocean waves and notices a particular wave has a frequency of 3 hz and a wave length of 8 m. What is the wave speed (velocity) of this ocean wave?

a)

27 m/s

b)

36 m/s

c)

24 m/s

d)

15 m/s

5.

Imagine you are at the beach, observing waves coming to the shore. You notice that a particular wave has a frequency of 2 hz and a wave speed of 8 m/s. What is the wave length of this wave?

a)

27 m

b)

36 m

c)

4 m

d)

16 m

6.

A scientist is studying ocean waves and notices a particular wave has a speed of 780 m/s and a wave length of 20 m. What is the frequency of this wave?

a)

27 Hz

b)

36 Hz

c)

39 Hz

d)

18 Hz

7.

Imagine you are observing waves in the ocean and you notice that a particular wave has a frequency of 2 hz and a speed of 46 m/s. What is the wave length?

a)

23 m/s

b)

36 m/s

c)

14 m/s

d)

18 m/s

8.

Imagine you are observing a small boat creating waves in a lake. The boat engine generates waves at a frequency of 250 HZ, and you measure the distance between consecutive wave crests to be 3.5 m. Calculate for the speed.

a)

875 m/s

b)

9475m/s

c)

7852/ m/s

d)

952 m/s

9.

If the temperature of water in which the sound wave travels increases from 10℃ to 50℃, then what will happen to the velocity of the wave?

a)

It will travel faster.

b)

It will travel slower

c)

nothing will happen

10.

 
A dolphin emits a sound wave traveling at 100 m/s in water. If the frequency of this sound wave is 5 Hz, what is the wavelength of the wave?

a)

20 m

b)

50 m

c)

21 m 

d)

15 m

11.

 Imagine you are observing a wave in the ocean that has a frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of this ocean wave?

a)

500 m/s

b)

50 m/s

c)

5 m/s

d)

0.5 m/s

12.

The frequency of a sound wave is 674 Hz. What is the period?

a)

0.0012 s

b)

0.0016 s

c)

0.0015 s

d)

0.0013 s

13.

Imagine you are at the beach, observing waves traveling towards the shore at 60m/s and you estimate the distance between two wave crests to be 3m. What is the frequency of these waves?

a)

0.05Hz

b)

20Hz

c)

180Hz

d)

22 Hz

14.

In a music studio, ____________________  is the number of sound waves that move past a microphone in a second

a)

energy

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

frequency

15.

What happens to the frequency and the speed of an electromagnetic wave as it passes from air into glass?

a)

The frequency increases and the speed decreases

b)

The frequency decreases and the speed decreases

c)

The frequency remains the same and the speed increases

d)

The frequency remains the same and the speed decreases

16.

As the frequency of a radio wave transmitted by a station increases, its wavelength

a)

gets larger

b)

gets smaller

c)

remains the same

d)

goes to zero

17.

 A sound wave from a tuning fork has a frequency of 50 Hz and travels through the air with a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the sound wave?

a)

500 m/s

b)

50 m/s

c)

5 m/s

d)

0.5 m/s

18.

As the wavelength of light in water increases, its speed will

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Go to Zero

d)

Remain the same

19.

How many waves are in the wave train?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

20.

In the context of radio communications, high frequency waves have _________ wavelength.

a)

varying

b)

high

c)

the same

d)

low

21.

In the context of light waves, which letter represents wavelength?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

22.

In a physics class, the teacher asks, '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

23.

Imagine you are observing waves at the beach. If you count the number of waves hitting the shore in 1 second, what would be the frequency of these waves?

a)

1 Hz

b)

9 Hz

c)

3 Hz

d)

6 Hz

24.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
25.

In a music festival, four different bands are playing simultaneously on separate stages. If each band's music is represented as a wave, which band's music has the greatest frequency?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4