Wave Interactions Answers

Which are examples of a medium?

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

Which best describes the relationship between the terms “frequency,” “wavelength,” and “hertz”?

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

Which refers to any disturbance that carries energy from one place to another through matter and space?

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

What is the speed of a wave with a wavelength of 3 m and a frequency of .1 Hz?

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?

Julia performs an experiment to measure the wavelength of four different waves and records her data in the table below.Which accurately ranks the waves from the lowest energy wave to the highest energy wave?

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?