1 Thinking about sound as a wave You have learned several important properties of waves. Answer the questions below to review what you have learned. a. What property of waves describes the distance from any point on a wave to the same point on the next cycle of the wave? b. What property of waves describes how often something repeats, expressed in hertz? c. How are the frequency and wavelength of a wave related to its speed? (Use an equation!) d. How is the wavelength of a sound wave related to the pitch it produces?
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Step 1: The property of waves that describes the distance from any point on one cycle to the same point on the next cycle of the wave is called the wavelength. Show more…
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