A student moves the end of a compressed coiled spring up and down to demonstrate wave motion. She then moves the compressed coiled spring faster but keeps everything else the same. Which characteristic will increase?(1 point)

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amplitude
amplitude

crest
crest

frequency
frequency

wavelength
wavelength

Answer 1

If the student moves the end of the compressed coiled spring faster while keeping everything else the same, the characteristic that will increase is frequency.

Frequency is defined as the number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time. When the motion is made faster, more waves are produced in the same time interval, leading to an increase in frequency.

So, the correct answer is: frequency