Physics 2 Quiz 1.

Coverage (Lesson 1.1 – 1.4)

Solve the following problems. Write your answers with complete and neat solutions on a clean sheet of
paper. Box your final answers. Five (5) points per correct item. Perfect score is 30 points. Refer to the
rubric below for the scoring. Take a picture of your work (you can use camscanner software) and save it
as pdf. Submit it to the submission bin at the khub.

Complete solutions with correct unit for the final answer 5 points

With correct solutions but wrong final answer ≤ 3 points

Partial solution leading to correct answer ≤ 2 points

No solution with correct answer 1 point

No unit for the final answer -1 point

1. Two earthquake waves of the same frequency travel through the same portion of the Earth, but
one is carrying twice the energy. What is the ratio of the amplitudes of the two waves? (5
points)
2. What is the ratio of (a) the intensities, and (b) amplitudes, of an earthquake P- wave passing
through the Earth and detected at two points 10 km and 20 km from the source. (5 points)
3. A horizontal cord 4-m long has a mass of 1.35 g. What must be the tension in the cord if the
speed of the wave on it is 62.0 m/s? How large a mass must be hung from its end (over a pulley)
to give it this tension? (10 points)
4. Light is an electromagnetic wave and travels at a speed of 3x108 m/s. The human eye is most
sensitive to yellow-green light, which has a wavelength of 5.45x10-7m. What is the frequency of
this light? (Cutnell and Johnson, 2012, p.496) (5 points)
5. Sent along a 4.50-m-long string are transverse waves with a speed of 28 m/s. What is the mass
of the string if it is under a tension of 10.00 N? (5 points)