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Wave energy conversion

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

A horizontal front/back motion of the wave that can be extracted with technologies using a “roll rotation”:

a)

surge

b)

sway

c)

heave

2.

A horizontal side to side motion of the wave that can be extracted with technologies using a “pitch rotation” :

a)

surge

b)

sway

c)

heave

3.

A horizontal front/back motion of the wave that can be extracted with technologies using a “roll rotation”:

a)

surge

b)

sway

c)

heave

4.

Which direction of the wave motion does this technology utilise?

a)

surge

b)

sway

c)

heave

5.

Which direction of the wave motion does this technology utilise?

a)

surge

b)

sway

c)

heave

6.

Which direction of the wave motion does this technology utilise?

a)

surge

b)

sway

c)

heave

7.

Which direction of the wave motion does this technology utilise?

a)

surge

b)

sway

c)

heave

8.

Which direction of the wave motion does this technology utilise?

a)

surge

b)

sway

c)

heave

9.

Which direction of the wave motion does this technology utilise?

a)

surge

b)

sway

c)

heave

10.

To produce one complete sine wave requires a rotation of the circle through . . .

a)

90 degrees

b)

180 degrees

c)

270 degrees

d)

360 degrees

11.

Which wave has a bigger amplitude?

a)

red

b)

blue

c)

both the same

12.

Which wave has a higher frequency?

a)

red

b)

blue

c)

both the same

13.

Which wave has a higher frequency?

a)

yellow

b)

aquamarine

c)

both the same

14.

Which wave has a bigger amplitude?

a)

yellow

b)

aquamarine

c)

both the same

15.

In this image, λ\lambda  (lambda) represents:

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

16.

The amplitude of this wave is . . .

a)

22  

b)

32\frac{3}{2}  

c)

62\frac{6}{2}  

17.

Which is the correction equation relating speed, frequency, and wavelength?

a)

speed = frequency x wavelength

b)

frequency = speed x wavelength

c)

wavelength = frequency x speed

18.

A standing wave, unlike a travelling wave, has points where . . .

a)

the amplitude oscillates and points where the amplitude is always zero

b)

the amplitude is always at the maximum and points where the amplitude is always zero

19.

If there was a standing sound wave in a room, you would hear nothing if you were at . . .

a)

a node

b)

an anti-node

20.

A reflected wave returns . . .

a)

the same way up

b)

upside down

21.

For a wave travelling along a strentched string, the speed of propagation is . . .

a)

faster for low tension

b)

faster for high tension

22.

For the same frequency of oscillation in a stretched string, the wavelength is . . .

a)

longer for low tension

b)

longer for high tension

23.

While an oscillating system is excited at its resonant frequency, it has an amplitude . . .

a)

- larger than normal

b)

- smaller than normal

c)

- the same as normal

d)

- larger than normal, but then reducing

24.

How did you find the coding question in moodle?

a)

Easy

b)

Not easy, but manageable

c)

I had no idea what to do