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Wave Speed and Frequency Practice Worksheet

This document provides a practice worksheet on concepts related to waves including period, frequency, wavelength, and wave speed. It contains 26 multiple choice questions testing calculations of these wave properties for situations like swings, bouncing balls, waves in different mediums, and more. The questions cover converting between units, determining speed from frequency and wavelength, and the relationships between period, frequency, wavelength, and wave velocity.

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Wave Speed and Frequency Practice Worksheet

This document provides a practice worksheet on concepts related to waves including period, frequency, wavelength, and wave speed. It contains 26 multiple choice questions testing calculations of these wave properties for situations like swings, bouncing balls, waves in different mediums, and more. The questions cover converting between units, determining speed from frequency and wavelength, and the relationships between period, frequency, wavelength, and wave velocity.

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  • Introduction: Introduces the worksheet with instructions on how to solve problems related to period, frequency, wavelength, and wave speed.
  • Problems List: Presents a series of physics problems dealing with concepts of wave mechanics, including calculations on wave speed, frequency, and wavelength.

Period, Frequency, Wavelength, and Wave Speed Practice Worksheet

Directions: Show all necessary work and steps on a separate sheet of paper. EM waves (radio,
micro, x ray, UV, visible, infrared) travel at the speed of light: 3 x 108 m/s. Sound waves travel at
340 m/s (unless said otherwise). Answers are in italicized parenthesis so you can check your
answer. Show all necessary steps .
1) A swing has a period of 3 seconds. What is its frequency? (0.33 Hz)
2) A bouncing basketball has a period of 0.7 seconds. What is its frequency? (1.43 Hz)
3) A TV has a refresh frequency of 60 Hz. What is its period? (0.02 s)
4) A clock ticks 3 times every 5 seconds. What is its frequency? Period? (0.60 Hz, 1.67 s)
5) A man exercising can do 15 pushups in 20 seconds. What is his frequency? Period? (0.75
Hz, 1.33 s)
6) If 10 waves hit a dock every 16 seconds, what is the period and frequency of each wave?
(1.60 s, 0.63 Hz)
7) If the waves from the previous problem are 10 meters apart, what is the speed of each
wave? (6.25 m/s)
8) Red light has longer wavelength than violet light. Which has greater frequency? Explain.
(Violet, f=1/)
9) Wavelengths of visible light range from 400 nm to 750 nm. Convert these to m. (4 x 10-7 m,
7.5 x 10-7 m)
10) A wave has a length of 450 cm. Convert that to m. (4.5 m)
11) A wave has a length of 7 inches. Convert that to m. (1 m = 39.37 inches) (0.18 m)
12) What is the velocity of a wave with a frequency of 760 Hz and a wavelength of .45 cm?
(3.42 m/s)
13) Standing 170 m away from a wall, Noah yells and hears his echo 1 s later. What is the
speed of the sound wave? (340 m/s)
14) What is the wavelength of a sound wave with a frequency of 50 Hz? (Speed of sound is 342
m/s) (6.84 m)
15) Waves in a lake are 6 m apart and pass a raft every 2 s. What is the speed of the waves? (3
m/s)
16) What is the frequency of a pendulum that is moving at 30 m/s with a wavelength of .35 m?
(85.71 Hz)
17) A wave with a frequency of 60 Hz travels through rubber with a wavelength of 0.9 m. What
is the speed of the wave? (54 m/s)
18) What is the wavelength of a sound wave moving at 340 m/s with a frequency of 256 Hz?
(1.33 m)
19) A wave in a string has a wavelength of 0.10 m and a frequency of 7 Hz. Calculate the speed
of the wave. (0.70 m/s)
20) A sound wave in a steel rail has a frequency of 620 Hz and a wavelength of 10.5 m. What is
the speed of sound in steel? (6510 m/s)
21) A wave on a guitar string travels at a speed of 200 m/s. Calculate the wavelength of an “A”
note at 440 Hz. (0.45 m)
22) Determine the frequency of a microwave (which travels at the speed of light) that is 0.06 m
in length. (5 x 109 Hz)
23) A wave generator produces 10 wave pulses per second. If the speed of each wave is 3 m/s,
what is the length of each wave? (0.30 m)
24) A buoy bobs in the ocean from waves that are 2.5 m apart passing the buoy at 4 m/s. What
is the frequency of the waves? (1.60 Hz)
25) What is the relationship between wavelength and wave velocity? (1.65 X 105 m)
26) What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength?

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