Catch a Wave

Nate spys a large wave coming towards his small boat during a hurricane. He notices the wave has a crest and trough that are both equidistant from the midline, a periodic wave length, and resting points on a midline. What kind of wave is going to destroy Nate's ship?

• Longitudinal wave

• Tsunami

• Standing wave

• Transversal wave

Nate needs help with his physics homework. He needs to know what dense and non-dense areas in Longitudinal Waves are called. (2)

• Stretch

• Compression

• Refraction

• Rarefaction

• Position

Nate has been taped to a pendulum and needs to know his frequency in hertz. He swings a complete cycle every 6 seconds.

• 1/6 HZ

• 1/3 S

• 1 HZ

• 1/6 S

• 1/3 S

Nate is wondering what the equation for wave speed is. What is the equation?

• v = λ*f

• v = λ*s

• v = s*f

Nate ties a weight to a spring and displaces it. He watches it for a few seconds before it stops. What principle made it stop?

• Dampening

• osscilation

• damping

Nate screams into a pillow and the sound waves going into the pillow dissipate. What is this called?

• Diffraction

• Absorption

Nate stares at himself in a mirror, and he sees himself. What is this called?

• Refraction

• Reflecton

Nate is standing in an infinite abyss filled with air, a 5x5x5 meter cube and a microphone. Nate is floating next to the cube, and the microphone is around the bend of the cube from Nate. Nate yells at the top of his lungs and the microphone picks it up. How did this happen?

• Diffraction

• Doppler Effect

Nate shines a light into a prism and, a rainbow is made. What is happening to the light?

• Reflection

• Refraction

Nate sends two waves at each other, and when they meet up they create a crest with a larger amplitude. What is this called?

• Constructive Interference

• Destructive Interference