Wave Properties
Physics ⇒ Waves and Sound
Wave Properties starts at 7 and continues till grade 12.
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A sound wave has a frequency of 500 Hz and travels at 340 m/s. What is its wavelength?
A wave has a frequency of 10 Hz and a wavelength of 2 m. What is its speed?
A wave has a period of 0.25 seconds. What is its frequency?
A wave has a period of 0.5 seconds. What is its frequency?
A wave has a speed of 15 m/s and a wavelength of 3 m. What is its frequency?
A wave on a string has a wavelength of 0.5 m and a frequency of 4 Hz. What is its speed?
A wave travels at 200 m/s and has a frequency of 50 Hz. What is its wavelength?
Describe the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves.
Explain why sound cannot travel through a vacuum.
If a wave travels 300 meters in 10 seconds, what is its speed?
If the amplitude of a wave is doubled, what happens to the energy it carries?
If the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to its wavelength (assuming speed is constant)?
What happens to the speed of sound when it travels from air into water?
What is the relationship between wave speed (v), frequency (f), and wavelength (λ)?
What is the SI unit of frequency?
Which property of a wave affects the pitch of a sound?
Which property of a wave determines its loudness in sound waves?
Which property of a wave is measured in meters?
Which property of a wave is measured in seconds?
