Amplitude and Wavelength

What is the amplitude of this wave? (Pay attention to axises!)

• 15

• 2

• 30

• 1

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What is the amplitude of this wave?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 0

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What is the wavelength of this wave?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 0

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Wavelength is represented by which letter?

• W

• Z

• X

• Y

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What is the amplitude and wavelength of the wave shown in the diagram above?

• Amplitude: 5 cm; wavelength: 10 cm

• Amplitude: 5 cm; wavelength: 15 cm

• Amplitude: 12 cm; wavelength: 10 cm

• Amplitude: 12 cm; wavelength: 15 cm

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What is the amplitude and wavelength of the wave shown in the diagram above?

• Amplitude: 5 cm; wavelength: 10 cm

• Amplitude: 5 cm; wavelength: 15 cm

• Amplitude: 12 cm; wavelength: 10 cm

• Amplitude: 12 cm; wavelength: 15 cm

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You can tell a lot about a wave by looking at its parts.

The amplitude of a wave is the amount of energy carried by a wave. In a transverse wave, the amplitude is the height of the wave.

Wavelength is the distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it. In a transverse wave, the wavelength is the distance from crest to crest or trough to trough.

Frequency is the number of waves that pass a given point in one second.

• I don't get it.

• GOT IT!

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What is the amplitude and wavelength of the wave shown in the diagram above?

• Amplitude: 5 cm; wavelength: 10 cm

• Amplitude: 5 cm; wavelength: 15 cm

• Amplitude: 12 cm; wavelength: 10 cm

• Amplitude: 12 cm; wavelength: 15 cm

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Which wave has the greatest amplitude?

• The blue wave

• The red wave

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What is different between these two waves?

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Nothing is different between them.

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