Practice - Types of Waves - 1.2
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Practice Questions
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What is a mechanical wave?
💡 Hint: Think about waves you can hear through air.
Define wavelength.
💡 Hint: Look at the distance between two crests.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What type of wave needs a medium to propagate?
💡 Hint: Consider how sound travels in air.
True or False: Sound waves are transverse waves.
💡 Hint: Think about how sound is produced.
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Challenge Problems
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A wave travels 400 meters in 2 seconds. Calculate its speed.
💡 Hint: Use the basic speed formula.
If a sound wave has a frequency of 500 Hz and travels through air at 340 m/s, what is its wavelength?
💡 Hint: Use the relationship between speed, frequency, and wavelength.
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