Nor Zawani Binti Abd.
Halim Physics
Module Form 5 Wave
Exercise
Figure 6.10
1. (a) The wavelength of the wave in the diagram above is given by letter ……….
(b) The amplitude of the wave in the diagram above is given by letter …………
2. Indicate the interval which represents one full wavelength.
Figure 6.11
3. In an experiment, Lim observes that a simple pendulum completes 30 oscillations in
15.0 seconds. What is
(a) the frequency of oscillation?
(b) the period of oscillation?
4. Calculate the frequency of the given wave above.
Answer : T = 4s
f = Hz
Displacement/cm
=
5
2 4
0 -5 6 Distance/cm
5. Based in the displacement-distance graph of a wave, find
(a) the amplitude
(b) the wavelength of the wave
6. A transverse wave is found to have a distance of 4 cm from a trough to a crest, a
frequency of 12 Hz, and a distance of 5 cm from a crest to the nearest trough.
Determine the amplitude, period, wavelength and speed of such a wave.
Nor Zawani Binti Abd. Halim Physics
Module Form 5 Wave
7. A girl moves a long slinky spring at a frequency of 3 Hz to produce a transverse
wave with a wavelength of 0.5 m. What is the wave speed of the waves along the
slinky spring?
6.0 cm
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8. The figure shows a wavefront pattern in a ripple tank produced by a vibrating dipper
at frequency of 5 Hz. What is the wave speed?
4.5 cm
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9. The figure shows a wavefront pattern in a ripple tank produced by a vibrating dipper
at frequency of 5 Hz. What is the wave speed?
20 cm(5)
10.A mechanical stroboscope has 12 slits and rotates at a frequency 5 Hz. The
stroboscope is used to observe water waves. The observer notes there are 6
successive bright bands at a distance 20 cm. Calculate the speed of the water
waves.
= 60 Hz *frequency = number of slits x rotation frequency of stroboscope
11. The figure shows a loudspeaker produces a sound with a frequency 300 Hz.
Calculate
a) the wavelength.
b) the speed of sound
Nor Zawani Binti Abd. Halim Physics
Module Form 5 Wave
12. A given wave travels at a speed of 2 x 10 5 ms-1. If the frequency of the wave is 1000
Hz,Calculate the wavelength
13. (a) Base on the figure determine,
(i) the amplitude
(ii) the wave length
(b) What is the frequency of the sound if the speed of sound is 330 ms-1.
14. Two dot vibrators which has a separation of 5.0 cm are placed on a water surface in a
ripple tank. The distance between two adjacent antinodes on a screen is 3.0 cm. If
the perpendicular distance between the dot vibrators and the screen is 10.0 cm, what is
the wavelength of the water waves?
15. In a Young’s double slit experiment, a light of wavelength 633 nm passes through two
lit which are 0.5 mm apart. Vertical fringes are observed on a screen placed 4 m from
the slits.
(i) Calculate the distance between two adjacent bright fringes.
(ii) What will happen to the distance between two adjacent bright fringes if
a light of shorter wavelength is used?
16. Two loud speakers placed 2 m apart are connected to an audio signal generator that is
adjusted to produce sound waves of frequency 550 Hz. The detection of loud and soft
sounds as a person moves along a line is at 4.0 m from the loudspeakers. Calculate the
(a) wavelength
(b) speed
of the sound waves.
