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Making Waves 2 Frequency and wavelength relationship How do waves change? Asking Questions (science) and Designing Solutions (engineering) Developing and Using Models Analyzing and interpreting data Using mathematical and computational reasoning Constructing explanations and designing solutions Engaging in argument from evidence Obtaining evaluating and Communicating information Waves and their perception vary based upon their wavelength and frequency. Wavelength is defined as the measure from crest to crest or peak to peak. It a physical measure of the length of one wave. Frequency is the rate at which wavelengths appear in a given time interval. Wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional; as one increases the other decreases. Therefore, a higher frequency wave will oscillate more often in the same amount of time as a wave with low frequency. Since more oscillations occurred, there exist more wavelengths in the same amount of time.