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Chapter: 16 / Q: 6
What name is given to the change in the observed frequency of a wave (or its reflection) because of the motion of the source (or the reflecting object) or of the observer?
Chapter: 16 / Q: 7
Which of the statements about sound and light is INCORRECT?
Chapter: 16 / Q: 8
A wave may be defined as which of the following?
Chapter: 16 / Q: 9
Which of the following definitions of a wave is the best?
Chapter: 16 / Q: 10
Which quantity most closely describes the amount of energy that is transported by a wave?
Chapter: 16 / Q: 11
What is the amplitude of a wave?
Chapter: 16 / Q: 12
Waves have properties (such as wavelength, frequency, period, speed, amplitude, intensity, direction and phase) which can be measured. Some of these properties are related. That is, if one of a pair of related properties is known, then the other can be worked out?
Chapter: 16 / Q: 13
The wave equation for electromagnetic radiation may be stated (in words) as “the product of wavelength and frequency is a constant called the speed of light”. The speed of light is 3 × 108 m/s. Use this information to determine the frequency of an electromagnetic
Chapter: 16 / Q: 14
Given the formulae: speed = frequency × wavelength (v = fλ) and frequency is one over the period (f = 1/T), what is the wavelength of a light wave (speed = 3 × 108 m/s) whose period is 2 × 10−15 seconds?
Chapter: 16 / Q: 15
What is the quantity that is most characteristic of an electromagnetic wave?
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