GCSE Physics – The speed of waves
Learning Objectives
-I can describe how to measure the speed of waves
-I can recall the units needed for v = fλ
-I can rearrange v = fλ
-I can use v = fλ
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Question 1 of 38
1. Question
How do we measure the speed of water ripples?
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Question 2 of 38
2. Question
What type of light is used when measuring water ripples?
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3. Question
What produces ripples in a water tank?
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4. Question
What frequency do the water ripples have?
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5. Question
What is the wavelength equal to in a ripple tank?
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6. Question
What happens when you hit a metal rod with a hammer?
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7. Question
What do the waves on a rod produce?
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8. Question
What apparatus can we use to measure the speed of sound in air?
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9. Question
What do we do with the two microphones to measure the speed of sound in air?
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Question 10 of 38
10. Question
When two microphones have an in phase oscilloscope reading, what is the distance between them?
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Question 11 of 38
11. Question
Where do we place the speaker to measure the speed of sound in air?
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Question 12 of 38
12. Question
A metal rod is hit and waves are produced in it, causing sound waves around the rod. What is true about the frequencies of the waves?
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Question 13 of 38
13. Question
What is the frequency of sound in the speed of sound practical?
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Question 14 of 38
14. Question
How do we change the strobe light to measure the frequency of water ripples?
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Question 15 of 38
15. Question
What is the speed of sound in air approximately equal to?
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16. Question
What is the peak frequency?
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17. Question
What is the wave speed equation?
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Question 18 of 38
18. Question
What is λ in the wave equation?
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Question 19 of 38
19. Question
What is f in the wave equation?
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Question 20 of 38
20. Question
What is v in the wave equation?
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Question 21 of 38
21. Question
What are the units for wavelength?
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Question 22 of 38
22. Question
What are the units for frequency?
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Question 23 of 38
23. Question
What are the units for speed?
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24. Question
What is the speed of a wave that has a 1.2 m wavelength and a 2 Hz frequency?
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25. Question
What is the speed of a wave that has a 0.005 m wavelength and a 4000 Hz frequency?
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26. Question
What is the speed of a wave that has a 400 m wavelength and a 0.02 Hz frequency?
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27. Question
What is the speed of a wave that has a 0.2 m wavelength and a 500 Hz frequency?
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28. Question
What is the speed of a wave that has a 0.2 m wavelength and has 4 wave cycles a second?
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29. Question
What is the speed of a wave that has a 0.25 m wavelength and has 25 wave cycles a second?
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30. Question
Calculate the speed of a wave which travels 100 m in 0.5 s.
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31. Question
Calculate the speed of a wave which travels 50 m in 2 s.
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32. Question
Calculate the speed of a wave which travels 10 m in 0.5 s.
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33. Question
What is the frequency of a wave that has speed 40 m/s and wavelength 2 m?
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34. Question
What is the frequency of a wave that has speed 25 m/s and wavelength 0.5 m?
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35. Question
What is the frequency of a wave that has speed 4 m/s and wavelength 0.006 m?
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36. Question
What is the wavelength of a wave with speed 20 m/s and frequency 4 Hz?
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Question 37 of 38
37. Question
What is the wavelength of a wave with speed 2 m/s and frequency 500 Hz?
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Question 38 of 38
38. Question
What is the wavelength of a wave with speed 300 m/s and frequency 30 Hz?
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