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Name______________________________________________________________Date__________Period____

WORKSHEET - LABELING WAVES


crest trough
1. The highest point on a wave is the _________________, while the lowest point is the _________________.
amplitude
2. The _________________ of a wave is a measure of the amount of energy it carries.
wavelength
3. The distance from one crest to the next crest is the _________________.
frwquency
4. The _________________ is a measure of the number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time.

5. The illustration to the right shows a wave.


Label each part in the space below:
crest
a. ____________________
trough
b. ____________________
amplitude
c. ____________________
wavelength
d. ____________________

6. Use the five illustrations of waves drawn below to answer the following questions:

frequency
(a) Waves P and Q have the same ______________, amplitude
but wave P has twice the ______________ of wave Q.

amplitude
(b) Waves Q and R have the same ______________,but wavelength
wave R has twice the ______________ of wave Q.
T
(c) Wave ______________ shows a steady frequency but changing amplitude.

S
(d) Wave ______________ shows steady amplitude but a changing frequency.
Q R
(e) Waves ______________ and ______________ have a low amplitude and a steady frequency.

7. The following questions refer to the diagram to the right:

(a) Is this wave transverse or longitudinal?


longitundinal
compression
(b) Letter H represents a ______________ and
rarefaction
letter I represents a ______________.

(c) wavelength
Letter G represents a ______________.
8. A kid on a playground swing makes 6 complete to-and-fro swings
each 30 seconds.
0.2 6/30
(a) The frequency of the swinging is __________.
Hz

(b) The period of the swinging is __________.


5 secs T=1/f

9. Complete the statements in the diagrams below:

0.02 =0.125
Hz
f=1/440

10. A machine gun fires 10 rounds per second.


The speed of the bullets is 300 m/s.

What is the distance in the air between the


flying bullets? __________

11. The bird below watches the wave crests.

(a) If four crests pass the pole each second,


what is the speed of the wave?
__________

(b) What is its period? __________

12. In what type of wave is the vibration perpendicular to the direction of travel of the wave?
____________________
transverse
longitudinal
13. What type of wave vibrates parallel to the direction of travel? ____________________
longitudinal
14. What type of wave contains compressions and rarefactions? ____________________

15. What type of wave is produced when you move one end of a horizontal spring up and down?
transverse
____________________
longitundinal, transverse and electromagnetic
16. What type of wave has a wavelength? ____________________

17. Obtain a ruler and determine the


wavelength of the wave to the right.
lampda
Wavelength = __________

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