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Question Set: Waves and Wave Properties
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas
- A wave has a wavelength of 24 m/wave and a period of 4 s/wave. What is its speed?
- A wave has a speed of 3 m/s and a period of 20 s/wave. What is its wavelength?
- The speed of a wave is 4.2 m/s. Its wavelength is 12.6 m. What is its period?
- What is the frequency of a wave with a period of 0.1 s/wave?
- The frequency of a wave is 0.2 wave/s. What is its period?
- A diagram of a moving wave is shown in Fig. 4.4. Use this figure to answer the following questions:
- What is the height of the wave?
- What is the wavelength?
- Can you calculate the frequency of the wave from this information? If so, what is it? If not, what additional information do you need?
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Fig. 4.4. Diagram of a moving wave
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- Fig. 4.4 shows three wave crests moving to the right. When the crest of wave A passed point P, a watch reads 0.00 sec. When the crest of wave B passed point P, a watch reads 10.00 sec.
- What is the period of the wave?
- What is the speed of the wave?
- What is the frequency of the wave?
- Check your understanding of the following terms by defining them in your own words:
- period
- wavelength
- speed
- frequency
- height
- crest
- trough
- profile
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