WorksheetsWave Calculations Practice
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What does represent?
Period
Frequency
Wavelength
Amplitude
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?
1.2 s
1.2 Hz
0.83 s
0.83 Hz
Two boats are anchored in the harbor, separated by a horizontal distance of 18 m. The vertical distance between a boat's highest and lowest position is 4.8 m.
What is the amplitude of the wave?
4.8 m
9.6 m
18 m
2.4 m
The unit of frequency is ___.
meters
nanometers (nm)
m/s
Hertz
what type of wave is it?
Squishy Wave
Transverse Wave
longitudinal wave
longitudinal/compression/pressure waves
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?
1.2 s
1.2 Hz
0.83 s
0.83 Hz
What is the wavelength of a wave having a frequency of 1.25 x 1012 Hz?
(a)
The yellow light given off by a sodium vapor lamp used for public lighting has a wavelength of 589 nm. What is the frequency of this radiation?
(a)
A laser used in eye surgery to fuse detached retinas produces radiation with a wavelength of 640.0 nm. Calculate the frequency of this radiation
(a)
An FM radio station broadcasts electromagnetic radiation at a frequency of 103.4 MHz (megahertz; MHz = 10^6 Hz). Calculate the wavelength of this radiation.
The speed of light is 2.998 × 10^8 m/s
(a)
What is the energy of a 2.55 x 1012 Hz wave?
(a)
What is the energy of a 7.66 x 1014 Hz wave?
(a)
What is the wavelength of a 1.528 x 10-13 J wave?
(a)
If the wavelength decreases, the frequency (a)
Wave Calculations Practice
A) 0.5 s
B) 2.0 s
C) 1.0 s
D) 1.5 s
