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Unit 5 Final Test - Waves --- Sanchez

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Respond to the questions and/or prompts below and do your best. Remember - don't leave anything blank! You may use the following on this test:
  • YOUR interactive notebook and/or paper notebook
  • blank scratch paper and pen or pencil
  • calculator
  • the mathematical models (equations) below

Question 1
1.

Match the wave examples or parts of the wave from the diagram below to the correct wave vocabulary terms. Make the best match - each term will only have one best match.

  • B
  • D
  • C
  • A
Question 2
2.

Measure and record the wavelength of the wave pictured below:

Question 3
3.

Measure and record the amplitude of the wave pictured below.

Question 4
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Question 5
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Question 6
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Question 7
7.

The "middle C" note on a piano is a common musician's reference point, and produces a sound wave with a frequency of 262 Hz. The speed of sound in air is 343 m/s. What is the wavelength of a middle C sound wave? Show your work for full credit.

Question 8
8.

A sound wave of 440 Hz in water has a wavelength of 3.25 m. Find the velocity of sound in water. Show your work for full credit.

Question 9
9.

Explain how a bat uses echolocation to find prey in the dark.

Question 10
10.

A bat is chasing a moth and it emits a sequence of clicks, 0.01 seconds apart. The bat hears the first echo 0.06 s after emitting the first click, the second echo at 0.075 s, and the third echo at 0.09 s, as shown in the diagram below. The velocity of sound in air is 350 m/s.

How far away is the moth when the second pulse is heard by the bat?

Question 11
11.

A bat is chasing a moth and it emits a sequence of clicks, 0.01 seconds apart. The bat hears the first echo 0.06 s after emitting the first click, the second echo at 0.075 s, and the third echo at 0.09 s, as shown in the diagram below. The velocity of sound in air is 350 m/s.

Is the moth getting closer to or further away from the bat? Explain using claim, evidence, reasoning.

Question 12
12.

An oceanic depth-sounding ship surveys the ocean bottom near the Mariana Trench, the deepest known location under the ocean. They use ultrasonic sound that travels at 1430 m/s in sea water. They find a 15.4 s delay of the echo to the ocean floor and back. What is the depth?

(Image credit: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-mariana-trench-is-7-miles-deep-whats-down-there/)

Question 13
13.

Explain how ultrasound is used to find injuries (you may use the examples we investigated in class of knee injuries or kidney stones to help you).

Question 14
14.

Explain why some ultrasound reflections are larger in amplitude than others (like the 3rd reflection in the two ultrasound lines shown below).

Crest
Direction of oscillation
Trough
Direction of wave travel
A graph about waves is shown below. Check all of the options that match the graph.

wavelength vs frequency
wave velocity vs frequency
horizontal
linear
quadratic
inverse
In this graph, which wave characteristic does the "2.6" represent?

direction of oscillation
frequency
wavelength
direction of wave travel
wave velocity
A graph about waves is shown below. Check all of the options that match the graph.

wavelength vs frequency
wave velocity vs frequency
horizontal
linear
quadratic
inverse