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Intro. to Waves Quiz

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Question 3
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Given the wave snapshot shown, draw a wave that has three times the amplitude:

Question 4
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Given the wave snapshot shown, draw a wave with half the amplitude:

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Question 8
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A transverse wave is generated on a slinky. A coil of the slinky makes 12 complete up and down cycles in 4 seconds.
Find the period of the wave to the nearest hundreth.

Question 9
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A transverse wave is generated on a slinky. A coil of the slinky makes 12 complete up and down cycles in 4 seconds.
Find the frequency of the wave to the nearest hundreth.

Question 10
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Two boats – Boat A and Boat B – are anchored a distance of 33 meters apart. The incoming water water waves force the boats to oscillate up and down, making one complete cycle every 30 seconds. When Boat A is at its peak, Boat B is at its low point, AND there is a crest in between the two boats. The vertical distance between Boat A and Boat B at their extremes is 8 meters.

Use this figure to plot possible positions for Boats A and B:

Question 11
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Two boats – Boat A and Boat B – are anchored a distance of 33 meters apart. The incoming water water waves force the boats to oscillate up and down, making one complete cycle every 30 seconds. When Boat A is at its peak, Boat B is at its low point, AND there is a crest in between the two boats. The vertical distance between Boat A and Boat B at their extremes is 8 meters.


What is the wavelength of the waves to nearest meter?

Question 12
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Two boats – Boat A and Boat B – are anchored a distance of 33 meters apart. The incoming water water waves force the boats to oscillate up and down, making one complete cycle every 30 seconds. When Boat A is at its peak, Boat B is at its low point, AND there is a crest in between the two boats. The vertical distance between Boat A and Boat B at their extremes is 8 meters.


What is the frequency of the waves to nearest thousandth?

Question 13
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Two boats – Boat A and Boat B – are anchored a distance of 33 meters apart. The incoming water water waves force the boats to oscillate up and down, making one complete cycle every 30 seconds. When Boat A is at its peak, Boat B is at its low point, AND there is a crest in between the two boats. The vertical distance between Boat A and Boat B at their extremes is 8 meters.


What is the amplitude of the waves to nearest meter?

Question 14
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Two boats – Boat A and Boat B – are anchored a distance of 33 meters apart. The incoming water water waves force the boats to oscillate up and down, making one complete cycle every 30 seconds. When Boat A is at its peak, Boat B is at its low point, AND there is a crest in between the two boats. The vertical distance between Boat A and Boat B at their extremes is 8 meters.


What is the period of the waves to nearest second?

Question 15
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Two boats – Boat A and Boat B – are anchored a distance of 33 meters apart. The incoming water water waves force the boats to oscillate up and down, making one complete cycle every 30 seconds. When Boat A is at its peak, Boat B is at its low point, AND there is a crest in between the two boats. The vertical distance between Boat A and Boat B at their extremes is 8 meters.


How fast are the waves traveling to nearest hundreth?

What is the difference between a longitudinal wave and a transverse wave?
Longitudinal waves require matter to propagate and the energy travels parallel to the direction of matter displacement. Transverse waves do not require matter to propagate and the energy travels parallel to the direction of matter displacement.
Longitudinal waves require matter to propagate and the energy travels parallel to the direction of matter displacement. Transverse waves do require matter to propagate and the energy travels perpendicular to the direction of matter displacement.
Longitudinal waves don't require matter to propagate and the energy travels parallel to the direction of matter displacement. Transverse waves do not require matter to propagate and the energy travels perpendicular to the direction of matter displacement.
Longitudinal waves require matter to propagate and the energy travels parallel to the direction of matter displacement. Transverse waves do not require matter to propagate and the energy travels perpendicular to the direction of matter displacement.
Longitudinal waves require matter to propagate and the energy travels perpendicular to the direction of matter displacement. Transverse waves do not require matter to propagate and the energy travels perpendicular to the direction of matter displacement.
Which of the following descriptions are true about wave motion? Select all that apply.
Waves involve the movement of matter from one location to another.
As waves pass through a medium, particles of the medium undergo a back-and-forth vibration about a fixed position.
Waves involve periodic and repeated disturbances of the medium.
Waves involve the transport of energy from one location to another.
Using the diagram below, drag the letter to the corresponding category.


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A wave is moving through a medium. A point on the medium is undergoing many up and down oscillations in a short amount of time. This is conclusive evidence that the wave has a relatively large _________.
speed
period
wavelength
amplitude
frequency
The speed of a wave depends upon the ________. Select the most appropriate answer:
frequency of the wave
properties of the medium in which it travels.
wavelength of the wave
none of these
period of the wave