Lesson 3 Travelling Waves Quiz 2

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Quiz 2 on Lesson 3 Travelling Waves
Jeffrey Piggott
Quiz by Jeffrey Piggott, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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1. What will this wave look like after it reflects?

Question 2

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What will this wave look like after it reflects?

Question 3

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The pulse on the left is moving right, the pulse on the right is moving left. What do you see when the pulses overlap?

Question 4

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If these two waves were moving through water at the same time, what would the water look like?

Question 5

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A student started the speaker by clicking on the stopwatch. How many sound waves are there is this trial?
Answer
  • A. 3
  • B. 5
  • C. 4
  • D. 8

Question 6

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What is the speed of the sound waves shown here?
Answer
  • A. 300 m/s
  • B. 331 m/s
  • C. 0.0030 m/s
  • D. 66 m/s

Question 7

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What is the frequency of the sound waves shown here?
Answer
  • A. 0.0037 Hz
  • B. 66 Hz
  • C. 260 Hz
  • D. 300 Hz
  • E. 330 Hz

Question 8

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What is the period of the sound waves shown here?
Answer
  • A. 0.0151 s
  • B. 0.0037 s
  • C. 260 s
  • D. 300 s
  • E. 330 s

Question 9

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What is the wavelength of the sound waves shown here?
Answer
  • A. 5 m
  • B. 1.3 m
  • C. 1 m
  • D. 0.71 m
  • E. 300 m

Question 10

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If your lab partner moved the frequency slider to the left so that it changed from 500 to 250 the new period would be:
Answer
  • A. twice as big
  • B. 1/2 as big
  • C. Stays the same
  • D. 1/4 times as big
  • E. Not enough information to decide

Question 11

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If you moved the slider to the far right, doubling the amplitude, the period would be:
Answer
  • A. twice as big
  • B. 1/2 as big
  • C. Stays the same
  • D. 1/4 times as big
  • E. Not enough information to decide

Question 12

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If the speaker vibrates back and forth at 200 Hz how much time passes between each time it produces a maximum in pressure?
Answer
  • A. 0.2 seconds
  • B. 0.200 seconds
  • C. 0.005 seconds
  • D. 0.02 seconds
  • E. 0.05 seconds

Question 13

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A speaker is playing a constant note. What happens to the sound when you: 1) put a solid, thick glass jar over it and 2) pump the air out from the jar?
Answer
  • A) 1 => hardly any difference; 2 => hardly any difference
  • B) 1=> hardly any difference; 2 => much quieter
  • C) 1=> noticeably quieter; 2 => hardly any MORE quiet
  • D) 1=> noticeably quieter; 2=> much quieter still (near silence)
  • E) None of these/something else/??

Question 14

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If you could put a dust particle in front of a moving speaker. Which choice below shows the motion of the dust particle?

Question 15

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The picture shows “displacement as a function of location along a string”. What is the wavelength (“λ”)?
Answer
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E

Question 16

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The picture shows “displacement as a function of location along a string”. What is the amplitude?
Answer
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E

Question 17

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What is the period of this wave?
Answer
  • A t3 - t2
  • B t4 - t1
  • C t2 - t1
  • D t3 - t1
  • E None of the above

Question 18

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Which one of the following is most likely to be impossible?
Answer
  • A. Transverse waves in a gas
  • B. Longitudinal waves in a gas
  • C. Transverse waves in a solid
  • D. Longitudinal waves in a solid
  • E. They all seem perfectly possible
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