- The source of all wave motion is....
Your answer:
movement of matter
wind
region of high and low pressure
a periodic disturbance
- A wave in which the motion of the medium is at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels is a....
Your answer:
Transverse wave
Surface wave
Sound wave
Longitudinal wave
- All waves carry this from one place to another
Your answer:
particles
time
matter
energy
- Waves broadcasted by radio stations are...
Your answer:
Sound
Mechanical
Electromagnetic
Longitudinal
- In the diagrams 1-6 above, the particle shown moves down and then back up to its equilibrium position in 0.25 s. Determine the speed of the wave.
Your answer:
2 cm/s
8 cm/s
4 cm/s
16 cm/s
- The graph above shows a seismogram produced at a recording station. Which of the marked regions represents the arrival of the s-wave?
Your answer:
G
D
B
E
- The difference in time between a p-wave and an s-wave arriving at a recording station is found to be 4 mins. Using the chart above the distance to the earthquake epicenter must be...
Your answer:
1200 mi
2100 mi
1600 mi
600 mi
- Use the sound level vs. time graph above to determine the frequency of the emitted sound.
Your answer:
0.004 Hz
200 Hz
259 Hz
125 Hz
- From the FFT the sound level of the peak frequency (252.44 Hz)is 0.151 and the next highest frequency (257.8 Hz) is 0.274. Using these numbers determine the actual frequency of sound produced by the tuning fork.
Your answer:
252.4 Hz
255.1 Hz
257.8 Hz
255.9 Hz
- Figure A shows two traveling waves at one moment in time. Which diagram in figure B shows the superposition of the two waves at this moment?
Your answer:
none of them
1
2
3
- Two tones are sounded together so to produce the beat pattern above. Determine the beat frequency.
Your answer:
2 Hz
10 Hz
1 Hz
12 Hz
- When comparing radio waves...
Your answer:
FM waves have longer wavelengths but lower frequencies than AM waves
AM waves travel faster than FM waves
AM waves have longer wavelengths but lower frequencies than FM waves
FM waves travel faster than AM waves
- Which color of light has the highest frequency?
Your answer:
green
red
blue
yellow
- An earthquake p-wave is a...
Your answer:
water wave
earth wave
longitudinal wave
transverse wave
- What happens to the speed, frequency and wavelength of earthquake waves as they travel deeper into the Earth?
Your answer:
speed decreases, wavelength decreases and frequency doesn't change
speed increases, frequency decreases and wavelength doesn't change
speed decreases, frequency increases and wavelength doesn't change
speed increases, wavelength increases and frequency doesn't change
- Compared to a wind generated wave, a tsunami wave traveling across an ocean has...
Your answer:
small amplitude, large wavelength and high speed
small amplitude, short wavelength and low speed
big amplitude, short wavelength and low speed
big amplitude, large wavelength and high speed
- A wave of length 200m moves through water of depth 20m. What is the approximate speed of the wave?
Your answer:
200 m/s
2.8 m/s
14 m/s
10 m/s
- An earthquake recording station receives s-waves and p-waves separated by a time of 0.5 mins. How far away is the recording station from the epicenter? (hint: vs= 5.5 km/s, vp=8.5 km/s)
Your answer:
210 km
255 km
165 km
468 km
- A surface water wave with a wavelength of 20m turns into a breaker. What is the min height of the wave at which it will start to break?
Your answer:
3.3m
2.9m
20m
2.5m
- The wavelength broadcasted by 102.5 FM is...
Your answer:
2.9m
2927km
0.29m
2927m