Waves

Our eyes can detect light only within a range of _____ of visible light.

• periods
• frequencies
• speeds
• mediums

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Light waves...

• cannot travel through liquids.
• are electromagnetic waves.
• cannot travel through solids.
• require a medium.

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A person is standing still and listening to a siren sounding an alarm. The frequency of the sound is 500 Hz. The person begins running toward the sound at a rate of 20 m/s. The frequency of the sound the person hears will

• decrease
• remain the same
• increase
• change by 20 Hz.

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The _____ is the distance between two neighbouring crests of a wave.

• wavelength
• frequency
• amplitude
• period

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The speed of a sound wave...

• depends on amplitude
• depends on the medium
• depends on wavelength
• none of the above

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Sound waves are...

• circular waves
• longitudinal waves
• polarized waves
• transverse waves

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A wave x meters long has a speed of y meters per second. The frequency of the wave is

• y + x.
• x/y.
• y/x.
• yx.

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The wavelength of the wave in the diagram above is...

• 6.0 m
• 1.5 m
• .75 m
• 3 m

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If a transverse wave is moving from right to left, the individual particles in the medium are moving...

• left to right
• up and down
• right to left
• none of the above

A man is standing on the shore of a beach, up to his knees in water. Every 5 seconds a wave breaks on him. What is the period of the wave?

• 5 hertz
• .2 hertz
• 12 waves per minute
• 5 seconds

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