Complete the following table:
Question
Speed
1
2
330 m/s
3
1500 m/s
4
Wavelength
23 Hz
2m
1.2 m
300 Hz
2 kHz
5
1.2 m/s
6
890 m/s
7
Frequency
3.4 m
34 cm
560 KHz
2.3 KHz
34 mm
8
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9. Calculate the period of a wave if 5 complete waves are produced in 60 seconds.
10. Calculate the period of a wave if 8 complete waves are produced in 72 seconds.
11. Calculate the period of a wave if 6000 waves are produced in 10 minutes.
12. Calculate the frequency of a wave that has 120 oscillations in 10 seconds.
13. Calculate the frequency of a wave that has 80 oscillations in 120 seconds.
14. Calculate the frequency of a wave that has 180 oscillations in 3 minutes.
15. Calculate a wave’s wavelength if 80 complete waves occupy a length of 20 cm.
16. How many waves are produced in 40 seconds by a wave of frequency 5 Hz?
Wavelength, Period & Frequency Drill Questions
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Calculate the wavelength of a wave if 5 complete waves occupy a length of 20 m.
Calculate the wavelength of a wave if 15 complete waves occupy a length of 90 m.
Calculate the wavelength of a wave if 5 complete waves occupy a length of 2 m.
Calculate the wavelength of a wave if 80 complete waves occupy a length of 20 cm.
Calculate the wavelength of a wave if a third of a complete wave occupies a length of 4 m.
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Calculate the period of a wave if 5 complete waves are produced in 60 seconds.
Calculate the period of a wave if 8 complete waves are produced in 72 seconds.
Calculate the period of a wave if 4 complete waves are produced in 2 seconds.
Calculate the period of a wave if 180 complete waves are produced in 1 minute.
Calculate the period of a wave if 6000 complete waves are produced in 10 minutes.
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Calculate the frequency of a wave that has 120 oscillations in 10 seconds.
Calculate the frequency of a wave that has 50 oscillations in 20 seconds.
Calculate the frequency of a wave that has 80 oscillations in 120 seconds.
Calculate the frequency of a wave that has 180 oscillations in 3 minutes.
Calculate the frequency of a wave that has 18 000 oscillations in 5 hours.
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Calculate the frequency of a wave that has period 0.2 second.
Calculate the frequency of a wave that has period 0.025 second.
Calculate the frequency of a wave that has period 4 seconds.
Calculate the frequency of a wave that has period 2 milliseconds.
Calculate the frequency of a wave that has period 0.5 ms.
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Calculate the period of a wave that has frequency 10 Hz.
Calculate the period of a wave that has frequency 500 Hz.
Calculate the period of a wave that has frequency 0.2 Hz.
Calculate the period of a wave that has frequency 10 kHz.
Calculate the period of a wave that has frequency 25 MHz.
Equations to use:
frequency = number of oscillations / time taken
frequency = 1 / period;
period (T)= 1 / frequency