Stationary waves

What kind of wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• surface
• none of the above

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A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave

• sound
• wavelength
• pitch
• frequency

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• frequency
• wavelength
• pitch
• amplitude

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Standing waves are created by

• Two identical waves reflecting off each other

• Two identical waves being diffracted together

• Two identical waves move through each other in opposite directions

• Two identical waves are diffracted from two identical sources

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

In the diagram which letters represent the nodes

• A B C

• A C E

• B D

• B D E

• A C D

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

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A violin string of length 0.54 m and wave speed of 565 m/s along it. Calculate the frequency of the 5th harmonic.

• 1046.3 HZ

• 282.5 Hz

• 2615.74 Hz

• 1546 Hz

The moving black dot is called:

• a node
• an anti-node
• an anti-amplitude
• the wangy bit

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The stationary dot is called:

• a node.
• an anti-node.
• the amplitude.
• the not moving bit.

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which harmonic is shown?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

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How many antinodes does this standing wave have?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1