Name _____________________________________________ Date __________________ Period_________
Wave Velocity
V= f
v
xλ
Velocity = frequency x wavelength
f
λ
1. What is the wavelength of a water wave if its frequency is 5 Hz and its velocity is 365 m/s?
2. Calculate the velocity of a water wave if the frequency is 5 Hz and the wavelength is 12 m.
3. What is the wavelength of a water wave if its frequency is 4 Hz and its velocity is 12 m/s?
4. Calculate the velocity of a water wave if the frequency is 390 Hz, the wavelength is 5.2 m, and the
amplitude of the wave is 3.76 cm.
5. A sound wave has a velocity of 343 m/s, calculate its frequency if the wavelength is 175 m.
6. Calculate the velocity of a wave if the frequency is 54 Hz and the wavelength is 25 m.
7. Calculate the wavelength of a wave that is travelling 4.6 m/s with a frequency of 230 Hz.
8. What is the wavelength of a water wave if tis frequency is 7.5 Hz and the wave speed is 53 m/s?
9.
Calculate the speed of a water wave if the frequency is 1 Hz and the wavelength is 6 m.
10. What is the wavelength of a water wave if its frequency is 33 Hz and its velocity is 7 m/s?
11. Calculate the velocity of a wave if the frequency is 375 Hz, the wavelength is 18.2 m, and the amplitude of
the wave is 8.25 cm.
12. A sound wave has a speed of 343 m/s, calculate its frequency if the wavelength is 500 m.
13. Calculate the velocity of a wave if the frequency is 120 Hz and the wavelength is 65 m.
14. Calculate the frequency of a wave in a spring toy. The wave has a speed of 1.1 m/s and a wavelength of 0.1 m.
15. What is the speed of an ocean wave that has a wavelength of 0.30 meters and a frequency of 1.80 hertz?
16. The lowest pitch that the average human can hear has a frequency of 20.0 Hz. If sound with this frequency
travels through air with a speed of 331 m/s, what is its wavelength?
17. Cicadas produce a buzzing sound that has a wavelength in air of 2.69 m. If the speed of sound in air is 346 m/s,
what is the frequency of the sound produced by a cicada?
18. A drum is struck, producing a wave with a wavelength of 110 cm and a speed of 2.42 x 104 m/s. What is the
frequency of the wave?
19. A ship anchored at sea is rocked by waves that have crests 14 m apart. The waves travel at 7.0 m/s. How often
do the wave crests reach the ship?
20. A wave with frequency of 60 Hz travels through steel with a wavelength of 85.5 m. What is the speed of this
wave?