Properties of Waves Answers

2 sets of waves with the top waves labeled A having more closely spaced crests than the bottom waves labeled B.

A beam of light is traveling through a medium at 200,000 km/s. It enters a different medium and speeds up to almost 250,000 km/s. Finally, it enters a third medium and halts.What were the media the light traveled through, in order?

Voices of swimmers at a pool travel 400 m/s through the air and 1,600 m/s underwater. The wavelength changes from 2 m in the air to 8 m underwater. How has the change in media affected the frequency of the wave?

A wave of infrared light has a speed of 6 m/s and a wavelength of 12 m. What is the frequency of this wave?

What is the speed of a wave with a frequency of 2 Hz and a wavelength of 87 m?

What will most likely happen if a sound wave moves from the air through a solid?

This chart shows characteristics of three different waves, all with the same wavelength of 10 m but moving at different frequencies.

Which equation could be rearranged to calculate the frequency of a wave?

Marco is conducting an experiment. He knows the wave that he is working with has a wavelength of 32.4 cm. If he measures the frequency as 3 hertz, which statement about the wave is accurate?

Which refers to the distance between two crests or two troughs on a transverse wave?