Parallel
In longitudinal waves, the displacement of the medium is_____to the propagation of the wave
1000
A 1000 Hz wave vibrates at ______cycles per second
0.5
A mass on the end of a spring bobs up and down 1 complete cycle every 2 s.What is its frequency?
Slower on top of the mountain
How would you compare the oscillations of a pendulum at sea level to the oscillations of the pendulum on top of a 12,000 foot mountain?
It is half
If you double the frequency of a vibrating object, how does it affect the period?
Steel
Select the medium that sound transmit travels fastest.
Sound
Select the vibration that is a longitudinal wave.
Period
Select the wave property describing the time it takes for a pendulum to swing back and forth in 1 cycle?
The air temperature
The speed of a sound wave in air depends on
Along the direction of wave travel
The vibrations of a longitudinal wave move in a direction
6 m/s
What is the velocity of a wave that travels a distance of 108 m in 18 s?
Perpendicular to the wave direction
Which direction do the vibrations of a transverse wave in a vacuum move?
Reflection
Which term describes the bouncing back of a wave after it strikes a barrier?
Amplitude...
The maximum displacement of a particle from its position of equilibrium.
Which wave property is associated with loudness?
Slower
While the speed of light in air is only a tiny bit less than the speed of light in vacuum, the speed of light in glass is
All of these
A rainbow is the result of which one of these wave properties?
Frequency
Color we see depends on this property of an electromagnetic wave?
The same
Compared with the speed of light in a vacuum, the speed of light in the empty space between molecules in glass is
Frequency
Dispersion is the process of separation of light into colors arranged by this wave property.
Polarization
Light is reflected or transmitted through certain media so that all vibrations are restricted to a single plane.
Sped up
Refracted light that bends away from the normal is light that has been _____________
Vibrating electric and magnetic fields
Select the most accurate description of an electromagnetic wave.
The time required for the absorption of light
The slowing of light in transparent materials has to do with
Smaller and closer
What happens to the virtual image in a mirror that curves outward?
Away from the normal
When a light ray passes at an angle from water into the air, the ray in the air bends
Red light
When white light passes through a prism, green light is bent more than ______________.
Both a and b
When you stand 2 meters in front of a plane mirror, how would your describe your image?
A and B
When you stand 2 meters in front of a plane mirror, which answer would describe your image?
X-ray1
Which one is the highest frequency electromagnetic wave?
Your distance from the mirror
Your image in a plane mirror is as far behind the mirror as ______________.