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The document provides information about wave properties including amplitude, wavelength, crest, trough, and rest position. It includes diagrams of 6 wave trains and questions to calculate properties like number of waves, wavelength, amplitude, frequency, and speed. Additionally, it reviews wave type vocabulary by having the student match wave property definitions and write the type of wave that matches descriptions. Key wave properties and types include transverse waves, compressional waves, electromagnetic waves, and how they differ in their ability to travel through matter or empty space.

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Wave Practice WS

The document provides information about wave properties including amplitude, wavelength, crest, trough, and rest position. It includes diagrams of 6 wave trains and questions to calculate properties like number of waves, wavelength, amplitude, frequency, and speed. Additionally, it reviews wave type vocabulary by having the student match wave property definitions and write the type of wave that matches descriptions. Key wave properties and types include transverse waves, compressional waves, electromagnetic waves, and how they differ in their ability to travel through matter or empty space.

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Jose Barrera Galera
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Wave Practice

Label these parts on the wave below: Amplitude, Wavelength, Crest, Trough, Rest Position

Draw a line to match the words with their correct definitions :


Frequency Measured from the rest position to the top of a
crest or the bottom of a trough the height of the wave

Speed length of a single wave cycle (trough to trough OR crest to


crest)
Amplitude
# of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time
Wavelength
The distance a wave travels over time (wavelength x
frequency)

The time from the beginning to the end of the wave train in each situation is 1 second.

Wave 1

a) How many waves are there in this wave train? _____

b) Wavelength ______ cm c) Amplitude _______ cm d) frequency ________ Hz e) speed _______ cm/s

Wave 2

a) How many waves are there in this wave train? _____

b) Wavelength ______ cm c) Amplitude _______ cm d) frequency ______ Hz e.) speed _____ cm/s

Wave 3

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a) How many waves are there in this wave train? _____

b) Wavelength ______ cm c) Amplitude _______ cm d) frequency ______ Hz e.) speed _____ cm/s

Wave 4

a) How many waves are there in this wave train? _____

b) Wavelength ______ cm c) Amplitude _______ cm d) frequency ______ Hz e.) speed _____ cm/s

Wave 5

a) How many waves are there in this wave train? _____

b) Wavelength ______ cm c) Amplitude _______ cm d) frequency ______ Hz e.) speed _____ cm/s

Wave 6

a) How many waves are there in this wave train? _____

b) Wavelength ______ cm c) Amplitude _______ cm d) frequency ______ Hz e.) speed _____ cm/s

Wave Types Vocabulary Practice


Directions: Write the name of the type of wave described in the space beside each phrase.

transverse wave compressional wave electromagnetic wave

1. can travel through matter or empty space ____________________________


2. contains high points called crests ____________________________
3. contains rarefactions in the wave ____________________________
4. contains electric and magnetic parts _____________________________
5. detected by the ear _____________________________
6. detected by the eye ____________________________
7. Primary Waves ____________________________
8. Secondary Waves _____________________________
9. A medium is: _____________________________________________________

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10. The Main difference between electromagnetic waves and other waves is:
____________________________________________________________________

Wave Practice Label these parts on the wave below: Amplitude, Wavelength, Crest, Trough, Rest Position Draw a line to match t
a) How many waves are there in this wave train? _____ b) Wavelength ______ cm c) Amplitude _______ cm d) frequency ______
10. The Main difference between electromagnetic waves and other waves is: __________________________________________________

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