Bp6 Reviewer: Standing Waves

Front 1

It is an oscillation pattern with a stationary outline that results from the superposition of two identical waves (waves having the same frequency, wavelength and amplitude) traveling in opposite directions.

Back 1

Standing Waves

Front 2

The points on the standing wave that always undergo complete destructive interference and with zero amplitude.

Back 2

Nodes

Front 3

The points halfway between two nodes at which the maximum amplitude occur.

Back 3

Antinodes

Front 4

The distance between adjacent nodes is equal to ______.

The distance between adjacent antinodes is equal to _____.

Back 4

λ/2

Front 5

The distance between a node and an adjacent antinode is _______.

Back 5

λ/4

Front 6

The section of a standing wave from one node to the next node is called a _________.

Back 6

Loop

Front 7

The set of frequencies f1, f2 = 2 f1, f3 = 3 f1 and so on, is called a ________________.

Back 7

harmonic series

Front 8

All the other natural frequencies are integral multiples of the fundamental frequencies:

Back 8

fn= nf (n = 1, 2,3, . . .)