How is the motion of a traveling wave related to simple harmonic motion? What quantities used for the description of a mass on a spring are also applicable to a traveling wave on a string?

What is the relationship between frequency, wavelength and velocity for a traveling wave?

What is meant by transverse and longitudinal waves?

What determines the speed of a wave in a stretched string?

Is the speed of a wave in a string dependent upon the frequency of the wave? the amplitude?

Show the mathematical form of a sinusoidal traveling wave

How do you determine the power transmitted by a sinusoidal wave?

Describe the reflection of a pulse on a string when it hits the fixed end of the string.

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Describe what happens when a sound wave travels through air. What conditions must be met for it to be audible?

What determines the speed of sound in air?

Describe the four wave phenomena: reflection, interference, refraction, diffraction . Are they all observed with sound waves?

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Describe the superposition of waves and its relationship to wave interference.

Describe the change of phase of a string wave when it reflects off a fixed end. How does that affect interference of the incident and reflected waves?

What is meant by a resonant frequency? How is the resonant frequency determined for a stretched string?

Describe the resonances or "standing waves" of open and closed cylindrical pipes.

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