Wave Speed
Physics ⇒ Waves and Sound
Wave Speed starts at 8 and continues till grade 12.
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A sound wave travels 680 meters in 2 seconds. What is its speed?
A sound wave travels at 330 m/s in air. If its frequency is 110 Hz, what is its wavelength?
A water wave travels 20 meters in 4 seconds. What is its speed?
A wave has a frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 0.2 meters. What is its speed?
A wave has a frequency of 8 Hz and a wavelength of 0.5 meters. What is its speed?
A wave has a speed of 25 m/s and a frequency of 5 Hz. What is its wavelength?
A wave travels 100 meters in 25 seconds. What is its speed?
A wave travels 150 meters in 5 seconds. What is its speed?
A wave travels 200 meters in 10 seconds. What is its speed?
A wave travels 60 meters in 3 seconds. What is its speed?
A wave travels at 15 m/s and has a wavelength of 3 meters. What is its frequency?
Describe how temperature affects the speed of sound in air.
Describe what happens to the speed of a wave if the medium changes from air to water.
Describe what happens to the wavelength of a wave if its speed increases but the frequency stays the same.
Explain why electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum but sound waves cannot.
Explain why sound travels faster in solids than in gases.
Explain why the speed of sound is different in air, water, and steel.
If a wave has a frequency of 5 Hz and a wavelength of 2 meters, what is its speed?
If a wave has a speed of 12 m/s and a frequency of 3 Hz, what is its wavelength?
If the wavelength of a wave is 0.5 meters and its speed is 2 m/s, what is its frequency?
