Wave Worksheet #2
1. A standing wave in a 3.00m string has 6 antinodes, has an amplitude of 8.00cm, and each antinode reaches a crest position 10
times (exactly) every 2.50s. (Draw 1 picture for this problem.) a. What is the amplitude of the waves creating the standing wave?
b.What is the period of the waves creating the standing wave? c. What is the fundamental frequency of the string? d. What
frequency would put a standing wave on the string with 12 antinodes? e. What is the wavelength when there are 12 antinodes?
2. Sketch a transverse wave and label all 5 additional parts. (Hint: They start with the letters E, A, W, T, and C.)
3. When an earthquake occurs, p-waves move through Earth by a series of compressions and expansions of Earth’s matter. What
type of wave is a p-wave?
4. What kind of pattern did Young’s experiment show?
5. What are beats and how are they formed?
6. A car beeps its horn and you hear a frequency lower than the frequency the car’s horn is really making. What is happening to the
distance between you and the car?
7. In the early 1900s Einstein made new claims about the nature of light. Did his claims prove that the scientists before him had
come to completely wrong conclusions? Why or why not?
8. A wave has a λ=0.350m and a f= 2.50 kHz. If a wave in the same medium has a frequency of 985Hz, what is its wavelength?
9. a. Name the 7 classification bands of the electromagnetic spectrum in order from lowest frequency (which means lowest energy
per photon) to highest frequency. b. Name the 7 colors of visible light in order from lowest frequency to highest frequency.
Wave Worksheet #2
1. A standing wave in a 3.00m string has 6 antinodes, has an amplitude of 8.00cm, and each antinode reaches a crest position 10
times (exactly) every 2.50s. (Draw 1 picture for this problem.) a. What is the amplitude of the waves creating the standing wave?
b.What is the period of the waves creating the standing wave? c. What is the fundamental frequency of the string? d. What
frequency would put a standing wave on the string with 12 antinodes? e. What is the wavelength when there are 12 antinodes?
2. Sketch a transverse wave and label all 5 additional parts. (Hint: They start with the letters E, A, W, T, and C.)
3. When an earthquake occurs, p-waves move through Earth by a series of compressions and expansions of Earth’s matter. What
type of wave is a p-wave?
4. What kind of pattern did Young’s experiment show?
5. What are beats and how are they formed?
6. A car beeps its horn and you hear a frequency lower than the frequency the car’s horn is really making. What is happening to the
distance between you and the car?
7. In the early 1900s Einstein made new claims about the nature of light. Did his claims prove that the scientists before him had
come to completely wrong conclusions? Why or why not?
8. A wave has a λ=0.350m and a f= 2.50 kHz. If a wave in the same medium has a frequency of 985Hz, what is its wavelength?
9. a. Name the 7 classification bands of the electromagnetic spectrum in order from lowest frequency (which means lowest energy
per photon) to highest frequency. b. Name the 7 colors of visible light in order from lowest frequency to highest frequency.
Wave Worksheet #2
1. A standing wave in a 3.00m string has 6 antinodes, has an amplitude of 8.00cm, and each antinode reaches a crest position 10
times (exactly) every 2.50s. (Draw 1 picture for this problem.) a. What is the amplitude of the waves creating the standing wave?
b.What is the period of the waves creating the standing wave? c. What is the fundamental frequency of the string? d. What
frequency would put a standing wave on the string with 12 antinodes? e. What is the wavelength when there are 12 antinodes?
2. Sketch a transverse wave and label all 5 additional parts. (Hint: They start with the letters E, A, W, T, and C.)
3. When an earthquake occurs, p-waves move through Earth by a series of compressions and expansions of Earth’s matter. What
type of wave is a p-wave?
4. What kind of pattern did Young’s experiment show?
5. What are beats and how are they formed?
6. A car beeps its horn and you hear a frequency lower than the frequency the car’s horn is really making. What is happening to the
distance between you and the car?
7. In the early 1900s Einstein made new claims about the nature of light. Did his claims prove that the scientists before him had
come to completely wrong conclusions? Why or why not?
8. A wave has a λ=0.350m and a f= 2.50 kHz. If a wave in the same medium has a frequency of 985Hz, what is its wavelength?
9. a. Name the 7 classification bands of the electromagnetic spectrum in order from lowest frequency (which means lowest energy
per photon) to highest frequency. b. Name the 7 colors of visible light in order from lowest frequency to highest frequency.