WorksheetsCalculating Wave Frequency and Speed
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
One end of the rope is vibrated to produce a wave with a wavelength of .25 m. The Frequency of the wave is 3.0 Hz. What is the speed of the wave?
a)
3.00 m/s
b)
2.50 m/s
c)
.75 m/s
d)
1.25 m/s
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 frequency of 5 Hz and a speed of 25 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave?
a)
25 m
b)
125 m
c)
5 m
d)
25 m/s
5.
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
6.
A guitar string vibrates with a frequency of 320 hz. If the wavelength of the vibration is 0.23 meters what is the speed of the wave?
a)
320.23 m/s
b)
1391.3 hz
c)
73.6 m/hz
d)
73.6 m/s
7.
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?
8.
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
9.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
10.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
11.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast
12.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
13.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal
d)
transverse wave
14.
A period is
a)
Amount of time it takes a wavelength to complete one cycle.
b)
How many wave lengths happen in a second.
c)
An indication of the amount of energy in a wave.
d)
The distance between two crests or two troughs.
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