Question: Assignment 2.4 Chapter 6 Answer the following questions, discuss each short answer questions. Make sure to show your work. Note: Chapter equations are available in

Assignment 2.4 Chapter 6

Answer the following questions, discuss each short answer questions. Make sure to show your work. Note: Chapter equations are available in your Lecture 5 slides and book.

Short Answer

6.2 Wave Properties

  1. A wave travels upward in a medium (vertical wave velocity). What is the direction of particle oscillation for (a) a longitudinal wave and (b) a transverse wave?

  1. What are the SI units for (a) wavelength, (b) frequency, (c) period, and (d) amplitude?

  1. How is the frequency related to the period of a wave? How is the amplitude related to the energy of a wave?

Exercise

6.2 Wave Properties

  1. What is the period of the wave motion for a wave with a frequency of 0.25 kHz?

  1. A sound wave has a frequency of 3000 Hz. What is the distance between crests or compressions of the wave? (Take the speed of sound to be 344m/s.)

  1. A periodic wave has a frequency of 5.0 Hz. What is the wave period?

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