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Assignment: Chapter 15 Graded Classwork /40

Short Answer (4 points each)

1. What does a wave transfer (move from place to place?)

2. Draw a picture of you making a wave with a rope. Label it as a transverse or longitudinal wave.

3. Label the following wave.

4. Draw a wave with a high amplitude and then with a low amplitude. Circle the wave with more
energy.

5. If two identical waves meet at a crest and the amplitude of each wave is 2 m, how high is the crest
where the two waves collide? Is this constructive or destructive interference?
 6. Label the following as reflection, refraction or defraction

Problem Solving (4 points each)

Calculate wave speed for the following using the equation S= λ x f

7. Wavelength = 15 m/wave, frequency = 3 waves/s

8. Wavelength = 0.2 m/wave, frequency = 20 waves/s

9. Along the oceanfront 0.75 waves hit the sand every second and the wavelength is 10 m. What is
the speed of the waves?

10. A rock falls off a cliff into a river below. This creates waves that are 1.5 m apart, occurring at a
frequency of 0.5 waves every second. What is the speed of the waves created by the fallen rock?