Mission WM3: Speed of a Wave

Mission WM3 focuses on the meaning of wave speed, factors that affect and do not affect wave speed, and the mathematics of wave speed. The mission consists of 30 questions organized into 9 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...
 

Learning Outcomes

• The student should be able to define wave speed and identify the variables which effect wave speed.
• The student should be able to utilize the definition of wave speed to solve simple computational problems involving speed, distance and time.

 

Launch Mission WM3

 

Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom, Waves Unit, Lesson 2, Part d

• How is the speed of a wave defined?
• How are fast waves different than slow waves?
• What variables would effect the speed of a wave?
• For two waves of varying frequency and amplitude in the same medium, which would have the greatest speed?
• How would an alteration in the frequency of a wave effect the speed of the wave?
• How is the speed of a wave mathematically related to the distance traveled and the time of travel?

 

Video Tutorials:

Speed of a Wave

Wavelength-Frequency-Speed Relationship

 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: