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in order to find the wavelength, you measure the distance from one crest to the next.
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The time it takes two successive crests of an ocean wave to pass a given point is called a?
A wave length.
What is wave velocity inversely proportional to?
It is inversely proportional to wave length.
In a light wave what properties tell you the color of the light?
Just ONE property, the wavelength of the light. The colour of visible light depends on its wavelength. These wavelengths range from 700 nm at the red end of the spectrum to 400 nm at the violet end.
A wave moving in water that is deeper than half its wavelength is called what?
A deep-water wave.
What is the variable for wavelength?
Wave length can be altered by changing frequency or Energy associated with it
How is water length and frequency of a wave related?
I don't know what's "water length" but I do know that the deeper the water are, the faster the wave goes. If you meant wave length and not water length, then the longer the wavelength, the smaller the frequency of the wave.
Waves begin to feel bottom when water depth is?
One-half the deep-water wave length.
Is a wave length longer or shorter in water than in air?
the wave length stays the same length, it'll just diffract fron the air to the water and vice versa.
Do wave length remain constant?
It depends on the type of wave you mean and the situation applied to. Water waves slow down when they reach shallow water and their wave-length shortens. This is why waves 'break', the back-side of the wave over-takes the slower lead-side. Light waves, when they encounter a polar molecule are absorbed and remitted at a shorter wave length. Electrons (wave-particle duality) change their wave-length when changing energy states.
How does an ocean wave change as it moves from deep water to shallow water?
Deep water waves are long in length but short in height. As the wave moves into shallower depths it becomes shorter in length and taller in height.
Explain the importance of how a wave length is created?
Wave length's are one of the most fundamental subjects in physics effecting sound, light and water for example. Learning how the wave length was created allows one to learn much about sound and light.
What happens to the wavelength of a sound wave when it travels through water rather than air?
the wave length of sound increases
What happenes to the wave when you decrease the wave length?
When you shorten the wave length, you increase the amplitude.
What happens to a wave when you decrease the wave length?
When you shorten the wave length, you increase the amplitude.
What type of light has a longer wave length ultra violent or infrared?
Ultraviolet has the longer wave length Infrared has the lower wave length
How is a waves frequency related to a waves length?
The product of the wave's frequency and the wave's wave length is equal to the speed of propagation of the wave.
What is the length of full wave?
The length of a full cycle of a wave is called a "wavelength".
