Prasanna Bharathi 08
High School
08/01/24 Physics/Wave Motion/Summative - 1 50 Marks
Answer the following questions:
1. O
bserve the above representation of a wave and answer the
following. (10 Marks)
a. What is the wavelength of the wave?
b. What is the frequency of the wave if the speed of the wave is
14m/s?
c. What is the amplitude of the wave?
d. What kind of wave is this?
e. What is the Time period of this wave?
f. What is the position of the Red points called as?
g. What is the position of the Purple point called as?
h . What is the position of Blue points called as?
i. What is the distance between the two red dots?
j. Can sound propagate in this wave form?
2. Study the given wave and answer the given questions (10 Marks)
a . hat type of wave is the above wave?
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b. Does this wave require a medium to propagate?
c. What is the direction of the vibration of the particles?
d. What is the distance represented as A called as?
e. What is position B known as?
f. What is position C known as?
g. What is the wavelength of the above wave?
h. What is the velocity of the wave if the frequency is 20Hz?
Fill in the blanks: (10 Marks)
1. The S.I Unit of Frequency is
_______________________________________________________
2. Compressions and rarefactionsareformed
in_____________________________________________
3. In transverse waves,the particles of the medium vibrate
__________________________________ to the direction of propagation of
the wave.
4. S ound cannot travel in
__________________________________________________________________
5. The speed of the bob of an oscillating simple pendulum is maximum
at its_________position.
6. The time period of a pendulum is directly proportional to
___________________________
7. The instrument that produces sound by a vibrating membrane is
called _____________
8. The positions of maximum displacement of a particle from the mean
position of a transverse wave is called
______________________________________________________
9. A loaded spring produces _____________________________________
waves.
10.Liquid contained in A 'U'-tube, when disturbed, executes
________________ motion.
Solve any five of the following problems: (5 X 4 = 20 Marks)
1. A wave with a frequency of 14 Hz has a wavelength of 3 metres. At
what speed will this wave travel?
2. The speed of a wave is 65 m/sec. If the wavelength of the wave is 0.8
metres, what is the frequency of the wave?
3. A wave has a frequency of 46 Hz and a wavelength of 1.7 metres.
What is the speed of this wave?
4. A wave travelling at 230 m/sec has a wavelength of 2.1 metres.
What is the frequency of this wave?
5. A wave with a frequency of 500 Hz is travelling at a speed of 200
m/s. What is the wavelength?
6. A wave has a frequency of 540 Hz and is travelling at 340 m/s. What
is its wavelength?
7. A wave has a wavelength of 125 metres and is moving at a speed of
20 m/s. What is its frequency?
8. A wave has a frequency of 900 Hz and a wavelength of 200 m. At
what speed is this wave travelling?
9. A wave has a wavelength of 0.5 metres and a frequency of 120 Hz.
What is the wave’s speed?
