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Wave Calculations Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does represent?

a)

Period

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

2.

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

3.

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?

a)

4.8 m

b)

9.6 m

c)

18 m

d)

2.4 m

4.

The unit of frequency is ___.

a)

meters

b)

nanometers (nm)

c)

m/s

d)

Hertz

5.

what type of wave is it?

a)

Squishy Wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

longitudinal wave

d)

longitudinal/compression/pressure waves

6.

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

7.

What is the wavelength of a wave having a frequency of 1.25 x 1012 Hz?

(a)  

8.

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)  

9.

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)  

10.

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)  

11.

What is the energy of a 2.55 x 1012 Hz wave?

(a)  

12.

What is the energy of a 7.66 x 1014 Hz wave?

(a)  

13.

What is the wavelength of a 1.528 x 10-13 J wave?

(a)  

14.

If the wavelength decreases, the frequency (a)  

15.

Wave Calculations Practice

a)

A) 0.5 s

b)

B) 2.0 s

c)

C) 1.0 s

d)

D) 1.5 s