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Question 1
1.

What distinguishes a transverse wave from other types of waves?

Question 2
2.

In a transverse wave, where is the maximum displacement known as?

Question 3
3.

What is not a common example of a transverse wave?

Question 4
4.

What is the role of the medium in the transmission of transverse waves?

Question 5
5.

What occurs in a longitudinal wave?

Question 6
6.

How does sound, a type of longitudinal wave, travel through air?

Question 7
7.

The speed of a wave is 300 m/s, and the frequency is 150 Hz. What is the wavelength of this wave?

Question 8
8.

A radio wave has a wavelength of 3 meters. Use the speed of light (3 x 10^8 m/s) to find the frequency.

Question 9
9.

A sound wave has frequency 500 Hz and travels with a velocity of 340 m/s. What is the wavelength of the sound wave?

Question 10
10.

A wave has a frequency of 1000 Hz and a wavelength of 2 meters. What is the speed of the wave?

Question 11
11.

Match the wave characteristic to its corresponding definition.

Draggable itemarrow_right_altCorresponding Item
Frequency
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The number of cycles of a wave that pass a point per second
Period
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The time it takes for one complete cycle of a wave
Question 12
12.

Match the following units with the wave characteristic they're associated with.

Draggable itemarrow_right_altCorresponding Item
Hz (Hertz)
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Frequency
Seconds
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Period
Question 13
13.

Click on the label that represents the wavelength

Question 14
14.

Click on the label that represents the trough

Question 15
15.

What does the amplitude of a wave measure?

Question 16
16.

What is the property of a sound wave that determines loudness?

Question 17
17.

How does frequency of sound wave relate to the pitch of the sound?

Question 18
18.

What happens to a sound wave as it moves through denser material?

Question 19
19.

What is the term used to describe the number of complete waves that pass a point in a given amount of time?

Question 20
20.

which value is closest to the general speed of sound in dry air at room temperature?

Question 21
21.

Which factor does not significantly affect the speed of sound?

Question 22
22.

In which medium does sound travel the fastest?

Question 23
23.

Click on the wave with the highest amplitude?

Question 24
24.

Click on the sound wave with the highest pitch?

Question 25
25.

Click on the sound wave with the lowest volume?