Name _____________________________________________ Date ____________ Pd ______
Wave Calculations
For the questions below, complete the following for each:
a. equation
b. plug ‘n chug (numbers and units)
c. box around final answer
1. What is the frequency of a wave with a period of 0.1 seconds?
2. If the frequency of a wave is 0.2 waves/second, what would be its period?
3. A wave has a length of 24 meters and a frequency of 4 seconds/wave. What is its speed?
4. A wave has a speed of 3 meters/second and a period of 20 seconds. What is its wavelength?
5. The speed of another wave is 4.2 meters/second. Its wavelength is 12. 6 meters. What is its period?
6. In the box below, create a wave that has an amplitude of 4m, wavelength of 3m and frequency of 2Hz.
What is the speed of this wave?
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24
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14
meters
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7. Label each part of the transverse wave:
a. ____________________________
b. ____________________________
c. ____________________________
d. ____________________________
e. ____________________________
f. ____________________________
g. ____________________________
8. Below each wave, write the number of waves in the series
a. Which has the shortest wavelength? _______
b. Which has the highest frequency? _______
9. Consider a wave that produces 10 pulses/sec (10 Hz). The speed of the wave is 300 cm/s.
a. What is the wavelength of each wave produced?
b. If the frequency is increased to 20 Hz, what happens to the wavelength if the speed stays the same?
10. Create a wave problem and solve for the answer.
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