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WorksheetsRipple tank
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which 3 key features of water waves will the ripple tank practical allow you to find?
Wavelength, speed and frequency
Depth, height and width
Wavelength, distance and time
Speed, frequency and depth
A still image of the waves on the piece of paper can be used to find the wavelength. What instrument will be used for this measurement?
Mobile Phone
Metre Rule
Toaster
Oscilloscope
In order to find the frequency of the waves, what do we need to know?
The speed of the waves
The number of waves passing a point each second
The time taken for a wave to travel across the tank
The time taken for a wave to reflect from the far side of the tank.
The highest point of a wave
Crest
Trough
Amplitude
Wavelength
The lowest point of a wave
Crest
Trough
Amplitude
Wavelength
A wave in which the motion of the wave is parallel to the direction of the wave.
Crest
longitudinal
transverse
Wavelength
The number of waves in given time
Crest
frequency
period
Wavelength
The time it takes for one wavelength
Crest
frequency
period
Wavelength
A wave in which the motion of the wave is perpendicular to the direction of the wave
Crest
transverse
longitudinal
Wavelength
What is A pointing to?
Amplitude
Crest
Wavelength
Trough
