Wave Properties and Interactions

Wave Properties and Interactions

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

FREE Resource

The video tutorial introduces the concepts of waves and pulses, using animations to illustrate how pulses are single disturbances in a medium. It explains the properties of pulses, such as pulse length and amplitude, and introduces transverse waves with real-life examples like the Mexican wave. The superposition principle is discussed, highlighting how pulses interact through constructive and destructive interference.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a wave composed of?

A single pulse

Multiple disturbances called pulses

A static line

A single continuous disturbance

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the distance from the bottom to the top of a pulse?

Pulse length

Wavelength

Frequency

Amplitude

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a single disturbance in a medium?

Wave

Frequency

Pulse

Amplitude

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a transverse wave, how do the particles move in relation to the wave direction?

Parallel to the wave direction

Perpendicularly to the wave direction

In a circular motion

They do not move

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the effect called when particles move up and down while the wave moves left to right?

Longitudinal wave

Static wave

Transverse wave

Circular wave

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens when two pulses meet according to the superposition principle?

Their amplitudes add together

They pass through each other without interaction

They stop moving

They cancel each other out

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What principle explains the interaction of two overlapping pulses?

Wave principle

Superposition principle

Equilibrium principle

Interference principle

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