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Wave Properties

Physics ⇒ Waves and Sound

Wave Properties starts at 7 and continues till grade 12. QuestionsToday has an evolving set of questions to continuously challenge students so that their knowledge grows in Wave Properties. How you perform is determined by your score and the time you take. When you play a quiz, your answers are evaluated in concept instead of actual words and definitions used.
See sample questions for grade 7
A sound wave travels at 340 m/s and has a frequency of 170 Hz. What is its wavelength?
A wave has a period of 0.1 seconds. How many waves pass a point in 1 second?
A wave has a period of 0.25 seconds. What is its frequency?
A wave has a wavelength of 0.5 m and a speed of 2 m/s. What is its frequency?
A wave travels 600 meters in 3 seconds. What is its speed?
If a wave has a frequency of 5 Hz, how many waves pass a point in 2 seconds?
If a wave has a frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 0.2 m, what is its speed?
If a wave has a high frequency, what can you say about its wavelength (assuming speed is constant)?
If the speed of a wave is 300 m/s and its frequency is 100 Hz, what is its wavelength?
If the wavelength of a wave is 4 m and its frequency is 3 Hz, what is its speed?
What happens to the frequency of a wave if its wavelength increases but the speed stays the same?
What is a wave?
What is the formula to calculate the speed of a wave?
What is the main difference between transverse and longitudinal waves?
What is the unit of frequency?
Which property of a wave determines its loudness?
Which property of a wave is measured in meters?
Which property of a wave is measured in seconds?
Which property of a wave is related to its pitch in sound?