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Name: Wave Practice ‘Speed of Light (and all Electromagnetic Spectrum Waves] (c) = 3.0 x 108 mis PROBLEMS: SHOW YOUR WORK AND LABEL YOUR ANSWERS! 1, Violet light has a wavelength of 4.10 x 10°? m. What is the frequency? ve f Yel 2x10 4 2 Gyo = 8X1 Hy on $ 2. Green light has a frequency of 6.01 x 10'4 Hz. What is the wavelength? v My sehr vp %.) 5, 00M0- 3. Calculate the wavelength of radiation with a frequency of 8.0 x 10! Hz, 4. What is the wavelength of light with a frequency of 7.66 x 10'* Hz? Fe ae) 5. A helium laser emits light with a wavelength of 633 nm. What isthe frequency ofthe light? (Hint: First, convert nanometers(xm) into meters by multiplying ) v. oe . : 52 se 2/479 xjo"Hs 6. What is the wavelength of X-rays having a frequency of 4.80 x 10'7 Hz? x zz Tap fF yao KO Ue 7. How long did it take Pioneer 10's radio signals, traveling at the speed of light, take to reach Earth from the distance | April 1983, a distangg of 4.58 x 102m? Express your answer in hours. 4 4.55 x10 ” bam the 2 Ge eee is Sze tr mate z 19266.75 lean Gan 8, Ifit takes 1.33 seconds for radio waves (which travel at the speed of light Earth, how far away is the moon? s 24 stecd 305 /.335)2 Name: © On the diagram to the right: a. Label the nodes and antinodes. Prt b. What is its wavelength if the distance between nodes is 2m? Im. ¢. Ifthe person is shaking her hand up-and-down 12 times per second, what is the wave speed? (Show Work) te we f2(2He Vert V2 Gang In each set of waves below, the two waves at the left represent two waves traveling at the same time. 10. In this example, combine the waves to show CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERANCE. y ollect TK Sette 12, Two sailboats are anchored 10.0.m apart. As a series of waves passes, the boats bob up and down bbut when one is up, the other is always down. What wavelength wave could produce this effect? Explain. (If you can come up with more than one answer, use the largest one.) 20m lm Name: 13. As a sailor on one of the boats, you notice that you go from the highest position to the lowest and back to the highest in 5.0 seconds. What was the period of the wave? What was the frequency? ‘What was its velocity? (Hint: you need to use your answer from problem #1.) yelon veh Ek ob. $7 O2He (oQYo. 2) : liz] T Tse 14. A certain water wave has a wavelength of 25 m and a period of 4.0 seconds. What is its velocity? vef£} 2b ys dA 25m a T qe - besa] 7 15. The speed of sound on steel is about 5.00 x 10° m/s. A friend of yours, 2.00 x 10° m away, strikes a railroad track which you have your ear on. How long after she strikes it will the sound arrive? If the sound wave has a frequency of 750 Hz, what wavelength will it have? ve Smo de2xio'm te? d ol expom sof BO ge FED 20 © Saat, 7? tice e 4 75OH2 16, WMRM broadcasts at 93.3 MHz, which stands for 93.3 Megahertz or 93,300,000 Hz. a c {id Waves travel at the speed of light, which is 3.00x10* nv/s. What is the wavelength that WMMR uses to broadcast its music? rz? S2 73,300,000 Me V23x10% 4 Vv as or Ford Oe -Gzn7 45, 300, DOCH Name: 17, AtO°C sound wave travels at 330 mvs in air. A distant hom is producing a note that has a frequency of 440 Hz. How long would that sound wave be? How long does it take a complete wave to pass you by? (That is, whats its period?) yet Ft Ve330mz £2 V 40H Vv For geT - = Be— Yode 18. While on vacation you visit a canyon. You shout at the far wall and the sound returns after 6.00 seconds. The speed of sound that day was 345 m/s. How far was it to the far side of the canyon? The sound you made had a frequency of 600 Hz. What was its wavelength? What was its period? bsees te travel Here rback , 50 Ssecs re re | one wey Vedi, deo €=350c Feboot, fo? T.2 st: (845g) C3)- (035 | B45 (057 Goo Hae : i: e 7 a b 00H, [e200] ee £

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