Properties Of Waves TCI

Are amplitude and wavelength independent or dependent on each other?

Amplitude and wavelength are independent of each other.

What does amplitude and wavelength tell you about waves?

Amplitude and wavelength can tell you the shape and repeating pattern of the waves.

What unit is amplitude measured in?

Amplitude is usually measured in some sort of meters.

Are frequency and amplitude independent or dependent on each other?

Frequency and amplitude are independent of each other.

Are frequency and wavelength independent or dependent on each other?

Frequency and wavelength are dependent on each other.

What unit is frequency measured in?

Frequency is the number of waves per second, therefore you would measure it in hertz. (NOTE: Frequency is a unit rate.)

What is the formula for wave speed?

Frequency times wavelength equals wave speed.

How can you change the wave speed of a wave?

In order to change the wave speed of a wave, you have to change the medium itself. This could mean, in a example of using a rope to create transverse waves, you would have to add more tension to the rope. For longitudinal waves like sound waves, by changing the medium from air to water you will change the speed from faster to slower.

What is amplitude?

The amplitude of a wave is the height of the crest above the rest position.

What is frequency?

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

What is wave speed?

The wave speed of a wave is the distance the wave travels in a set amount of time.

What is wavelength?

The wavelength of a wave is the distance between the highest point of one crest to the highest point of the next crest.

How can you change the amplitude of a wave?

To change the amplitude of a wave, you can add more energy to raise the crests and less energy to lower the crests.

How can you change the frequency of a wave?

To change the frequency of a wave, you can increase or decrease the wavelength. By increasing wavelength, you will decrease the frequency and vice versa. This works because wavelength and frequency are dependent on each other. However, if you changed the amplitude, the frequency would stay the same.

How can you change the wavelength of a wave?

To change the wavelength, change the frequency. The reasoning is the same as mentioned above. Amplitude and wavelength do not affect each other either.

How do you measure the wavelength of a transverse wave?

To measure the wavelength of a transverse wave, simply take the length of one s-shape in the wave.

How would you measure wave speed?

To measure wave speed, first you would measure the distance the wave moves. Then, you would measure the time that the wave took to travel that distance. Finally, you would divide the distance over the time to get the speed. (NOTE: Wave speed only changes when there is a change in the medium, such as the tension or matter. For an example, one wave could travel a certain speed underwater, but that same wave would travel faster in air because the medium has less density.)

How would you measure wavelength?

To measure wavelength, you would pick two wave crests/troughs that are one after another and measure the distance between them.

Are wave speed and amplitude independent or dependent on each other?

Wave speed and amplitude are independent of each other.

Are frequency and wave speed independent or dependent on each other?

Wave speed and frequency are dependent on each other.

What unit is wave speed measured in?

Wave speed is measured in meters/seconds, or m/s as a shorter abbreviation.

Are wavelength and wave speed independent or dependent on each other?

Wavelength and wave speed are dependent on each other.

What unit is wavelength measured in?

Wavelength is usually measured in some sort of meters.

How would you measure amplitude?

You would measure amplitude by taking the distance from the rest position of the wave straight up to the top of a crest/the bottom of a trough.

How would you measure frequency?

You would measure frequency by picking a point and counting the number of wave cycles that pass by that point in one second.