Properties of Waves Quick Check

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Question
Two students hold the ends of a jump rope. One student moves the jump rope up and down, making a wave. Then, the student moves it faster. Which quantity of the wave will increase?(1 point)
Responses

frequency
frequency

amplitude
amplitude

speed
speed

wavelength

1 answer

When the student moves the jump rope up and down faster, the quantity that will increase is the frequency.

Frequency is defined as the number of complete waves created in a certain amount of time. If the student increases the speed of their motion, they are creating more waves in the same time period, which increases the frequency.

So the correct answer is: frequency.