Velocity and Acceleration Test Remediation

Waves and Sound Test Remediation

Label the following parts on the sine wave below:

1. Crest
2. Trough
3. Amplitude
4. Wavelength

Vocabulary: Match the vocab terms in the box to the definitions below

______1. A pictorial representation of a wave.

______2. A sound wave is this type of wave

______3. Scientific term for volume or loudness

______4. A measure in the change in frequency of light or sound due to the

movement of the source and/or the observer.

______5. The time it takes for a wave to complete one cycle

______6. A wave where the energy of the wave moves perpendicular to the

movement of the molecules.

______7. This type of interference results in a sound getting louder

______8. The surrounding environment

______9. The maximum displacement of a wave from the equilibrium line

______10. A repeating back and forth motion; the source of all wave motion

______11. When two waves are in the same place at the same time, meeting crest

of one wave to the trough of another wave

______12. The measurement of frequencies of a sound wave

______13. The displacement of a medium caused by two or more waves is the

algebraic sum of the displacements caused by the individual waves

______14. Inversely proportional to period; the number of waves per second

Mark the following on the sine wave below:

1. All the places where the wave has the most kinetic energy
2. All the places where the wave has the most potential energy

Conceptual Questions:

1. What does destructive interference do to the amplitude of the new wave?

1. What does a blue shift mean for the Doppler effect?

1. What is SI Unit for frequency?

1. If the period of a wave is 10 seconds, what is the frequency?

1. Where on a transverse wave does it have the most KE?

1. What are the three things the speed of sound depends on?

1. Decibel (dB) is the SI Unit for what?

1. How are pitch and frequency related?

1. How are frequency and wavelength related?

1. Name which medium sound travels the fastest in.

1. Name which medium sound travels the slowest in.

1. Which way does the matter of a transverse wave move compared to the direction of the energy flow?

1. What is the period of one revolution of the earth around the sun?

1. What is the frequency of one revolution of the earth around the sun?

1. Can vibrations exist in an instant?

1. What is the source of all wave motion?

1. What does constructive interference do to the amplitude of the new wave?

1. Displacement of a medium caused by two or more waves is called…

1. If the frequency of a wave is 3 Hertz, what is its period?

1. What is the SI unit for amplitude?

1. What do waves NOT move?

1. Is sound a transverse or longitudinal wave?

1. Is light a transverse or longitudinal wave?

1. Which one travels faster, light or sound?

1. What happens to the pitch of a siren as it moves away from you?

1. Sound waves are a series of high and low______regions.

1. If a tuning fork vibrates at 340 per second, what is its frequency?

1. What is the SI unit for period?

1. Does a sound wave have more KE in a warm or cool room?

1. When does a sound wave have the most KE, in the air or in a cup of water?

1. An increase in volume is an increase in what part of a sound wave?

1. When something gets louder, is this constructive or destructive interference?

1. The Doppler effect measures a shift in what property of a wave?

1. Where does a wave have the most PE?

1. Which will have a longer period, a 10 m pendulum with 5 kg on it or a 10 m pendulum with 10 kg on it?

1. Which will have a longer period, a 2 m long pendulum or a 4 m long pendulum?

1. If two have experience constructive interference and one had an amplitude of 4 m and the other had an amplitude of 6 m, what is the amplitude of the new wave?

1. If a wave vibrates 4 times per second, what is the period?