Assignment 2.4 Chapter 6

Answer the following questions, discuss each short answer questions. Make sure to show your work. Note: Chapter equations are available in your Lecture 5 slides and book.

Short Answer

6.2 Wave Properties

1. A wave travels upward in a medium (vertical wave velocity). What is the direction of particle oscillation for (a) a longitudinal wave and (b) a transverse wave?

1. What are the SI units for (a) wavelength, (b) frequency, (c) period, and (d) amplitude?

1. How is the frequency related to the period of a wave? How is the amplitude related to the energy of a wave?

Exercise

6.2 Wave Properties

1. What is the period of the wave motion for a wave with a frequency of 0.25 kHz?

1. A sound wave has a frequency of 3000 Hz. What is the distance between crests or compressions of the wave? (Take the speed of sound to be 344m/s.)

1. A periodic wave has a frequency of 5.0 Hz. What is the wave period?