What is wavelength?

Define the term frequency.

Define the term wave speed.

What is a wavefront?

What is a ripple tank used for?

What is the symbol used for amplitude?

What are the units of amplitude?

Draw and label amplitude and wavelength on a diagram of a transverse wave.

Identify the wave property indicated by the arrow on the diagram.

How is reflection demonstrated in a ripple tank?

How is refraction demonstrated in a ripple tank?

How is diffraction through a gap demonstrated in a ripple tank?

How is diffraction around an edge demonstrated in a ripple tank?

What effect does increasing the frequency of the ripple tank's motor have on the wavelength produced?

In a ripple tank, the water above the glass block is ______, which causes the ripples to slow down.

True or False? In a ripple tank, waves travel faster over the glass block than in the surrounding deeper water.

What are the units of wave speed?

What is the symbol for wave speed?

True or False? The symbol for frequency is .

True or False? The units of frequency are hertz (Hz).

What are the units for wavelength?

What is the symbol for wavelength?

State the wave equation in terms of wave speed.

True or False? The wave speed equation in terms of wavelength is .

True or False? The wave speed equation in terms of frequency is .

What is the equation linking time period, and frequency, ?

Wave speed is the ______ travelled by a wave each ______.

Define the term transverse wave.

What are three examples of transverse waves?

Define the term longitudinal wave.

What are three examples of longitudinal waves?

True or False? Longitudinal waves can travel in a vacuum.

What is the name for the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are close together?

What is the name for the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are spaced far apart?

True or False? Visible light is an example of a transverse wave.

True or False? Transverse waves can travel through a vacuum.

What is the key difference between transverse and longitudinal waves?

True or False? The highest point above the rest position of a transverse wave is called the peak of the wave.

What is the name of the lowest point below the rest position of a transverse wave?

What type of wave is shown in the diagram?

Sketch a longitudinal wave. Include the following labels:

Define reflection of a wave.

Define refraction of a wave.

Define diffraction of a wave.

Describe what happens to a wave's wavelength and direction during refraction when it slows down, and when it speeds up.

Diffraction is most noticeable when the size of the gap is ______ the wavelength of the wave.

What happens to diffraction as the size of a gap is increased relative to the wavelength?

True or False? The wavelength of a wave changes when it is diffracted.