18. Waves & Sound

A transverse wave is traveling from right to left. In which direction does the medium vibrate?

Which is one characteristic shared by both electromagnetic and mechanical waves?

Which of the following materials can an $S$ wave travel through?

Which wave property measures how many waves pass a point in one second ($s^\{-1\}$)?

Which term refers to the passing of a wave through an object?

If the period of a wave oscillator doubles ($T\to \; 2T$) while the frequency ($f$) remains constant, what happens to the wavelength ($\lambda$) and wave speed ($v$) of the wave?

If the amplitude of a wave increases, which of the following quantities also increases, assuming all other properties of the wave remain constant?

Which particles exhibit properties of $waves$ in some experiments?

Which type of electromagnetic wave has a wavelength approximately the size of a honey bee (about $1–2\mathrm{cm}$)?

In the context of wave functions, what does the trough of a wave refer to?

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the amplitude of a wave and the energy it produces?

Which type of wave produces particles that move and displace one another as the wave passes through a medium?

Which of the following patterns is characteristic of longitudinal waves?

Which of the following will cause the frequency $f$ of a wave to increase, assuming the wave speed $v$ remains constant?

A traveling wave along the x-axis is given by the wave function $y=Asin(kx-\omega t)$. Which of the following expressions gives the speed of the wave?