Wave Physics

By Mimi Truong
Last updated over 7 years ago
14 Questions

What does a wave carry?

What are the two categories of waves?

Which is the speed of a wave equation?

Draw or Write where the crest is located

A 220 Hz wave has a wavelength of 0.50 m. What is the velocity of the wave? Show your work below

What kind of wave is this?

Draw and label all part of a wave. Show below

What type of wave is shown above?

Ms. Truong works at the wave pool in Schlitterbahn. The wave pool has a wave generator that produces waves at 10 pulses per second that travel at 3 m/s. Ms. Truong saves a kid from drowning by swimming 16 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave produced by the generator? Show work below.

Draw and label the lowest point of a wave

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:

Mrs. Liu goes swimming in the lake that is 60 m away. As she swims the wave has a frequency of 0.25 Hz. the water has a wavelength of 2.0 m and Mrs. Liu is swimming at 15m/s. What is the speed of the wave? Show your work below.

A mechanical wave cannot travel through...

If the frquency increases, the wavelength __________?