Assignment:
Question 1. Two waves are traveling through the same container of nitrogen gas. Wave A has a wavelength of 1.5 m. Wave B has a wavelength of 4.5 m. The speed of wave B must be________ the speed of wave A.
a. one-ninth
b. one-third
c. the same as
d. three times larger than
Question 2. As the wavelength of a wave in a uniform medium increases, its frequency will _____.
a. decrease
b. increase
c. remain the same
Question 3. The speed of a wave depends upon (i.e., is causally effected by)
a) the properties of the medium through which the wave travels
b) the wavelength of the wave.
c) the frequency of the wave.
d) both the wavelength and the frequency of the wave.