CSD 341 Exam 1 – study guide and practice exam preparation material
Longitudinal - correct answer ✔✔When a wave travels through a medium, its particles are
transported across the medium in the case of
Sound waves require a medium but light waves do not in order to propagate - correct answer
✔✔The reason you can see the sun but not hear the explosions that are continuously
happening there is
is parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave - correct answer ✔✔The direction of
movement of particles in a longitudinal wave
depict time (in seconds) and position (in meters) respectively - correct answer ✔✔The x
(horizontal axis) in the temporal and the spatial graphs
one gains information about a section of the wave at a given point in time - correct answer
✔✔In the spatial depiction of the wave
is inversely related to its amplitude - correct answer ✔✔The wavelength of a given wave (note
directly related means: one goes up, the other does too; inversely related means: one goes up,
the other goes down)
the time it takes a wave to complete one full cycle - correct answer ✔✔The Time period of a
wave is
have different time periods - correct answer ✔✔Two waves with different frequencies must
can have the same wavelengths (ask yourself: how?) - correct answer ✔✔Two waves with
different frequencies
Longitudinal - correct answer ✔✔When a wave travels through a medium, its particles are
transported across the medium in the case of
Sound waves require a medium but light waves do not in order to propagate - correct answer
✔✔The reason you can see the sun but not hear the explosions that are continuously
happening there is
is parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave - correct answer ✔✔The direction of
movement of particles in a longitudinal wave
depict time (in seconds) and position (in meters) respectively - correct answer ✔✔The x
(horizontal axis) in the temporal and the spatial graphs
one gains information about a section of the wave at a given point in time - correct answer
✔✔In the spatial depiction of the wave
is inversely related to its amplitude - correct answer ✔✔The wavelength of a given wave (note
directly related means: one goes up, the other does too; inversely related means: one goes up,
the other goes down)
the time it takes a wave to complete one full cycle - correct answer ✔✔The Time period of a
wave is
have different time periods - correct answer ✔✔Two waves with different frequencies must
can have the same wavelengths (ask yourself: how?) - correct answer ✔✔Two waves with
different frequencies
