IGCSE/GCSE GENERAL WAVE PROPERTIES - TRANSVERSIVE WAVE
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Physics
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8th - 10th Grade
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Vidyasagar Goolla
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the frequency of a wave?
The number of waves passing a fixed point per second.
The number of peaks added to the number of troughs passing a fixed point per second.
The time taken for one wave to pass a fixed point.
The time taken for the displacement to change from maximum to minimum.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is meant by the term wave front?
the distance between successive peaks of a wave
the distance between the trough and the peak of a wave
a line joining points along the peak of a wave
a line joining the trough and the peak of a wave
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A ripple tank is used to demonstrate refraction of plane water waves.
Waves in deep water have a wavelength of 1.2 cm and a speed of 9.6 cm / s.
The wavelength of the waves in shallow water is 0.8 cm.
What is the speed of the waves in the shallow water?
6.4 cm / s
8.0 cm / s
9.6 cm / s
14.4 cm / s
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The diagram shows waves travelling on the sea.
Which points are one wavelength apart?
P and R
Q and S
Q and T
S and T
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The diagram shows the variation of the displacement of a wave with distance from the source.
What is the amplitude of the wave?
2.0 cm
4.0 cm
20 cm
40cm
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The diagram shows a wave moving into shallower water.
The wavelength of the waves is reduced because
both the frequency and the speed decrease.
both the frequency and the speed increase.
only the frequency increases.
only the speed decreases.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The diagram shows a water wave in a ripple tank.
The wave has a speed of 12 cm / s at R.
The wave crosses a boundary PQ where the distance between crests changes from 3.0 cm to 1.5 cm.
What is the speed of the wave at S?
3.0 cm / s
6.0 cm / s
12 cm / s
24 cm / s
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