General Wave Properties

Section A: MCQs (5 marks) Write your answers in the boxes provided below.

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A water wave has a frequency of 2.0 Hz and a wavelength of 10 c . What is the speed of the wave! A 0.2 c "s B # c "s C 12 c "s D 20 c "s $ne end of a long spring is as shown below. oved bac%ward and forward to produce a wave otion

Which of the following about the above wave is true! A B C D 3 Type of wave transverse transverse longitudinal longitudinal Example radio wave sound wave radio wave sound wave

&he figure shows a cross'section of a water wave. What is its wavelength and a plitude! Wavelengt 1.# c 1.# c (.0 c (.0 c Am!lit"#e 1.# c (.0 c (.0 c 1.# c

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&he dipper in the ripple tan% vibrates at a frequency of ) Hz and the resulting wave fronts are shown on the right. What is the wavelength of the wave! A )c B #c C 10 c D 20 c

*laine uses a spring to produce a transverse wave by oving it up and down. +f she ta%es 0.) seconds to ove his hand fro the highest to lowest position, what is the period of the wave! A 0.2 s B 0.) s C 0.- s D 1.. s

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Section B: $!en%en#e# Q"estions (1& marks) ' A transverse wave has an a plitude of 1.# c ta%en to produce one co plete wave is 0.# s. (a) *xplain what is and a wavelength of # c . &he ti e 021

eant by /the wavelength is 20 cm.

(() 2raw a )"ll%scale displace ent'distance graph to illustrate two co plete waves. 021

0(1 (c) 3alculate the frequency of the wave. 011

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3alculate the speed of the wave, in

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&he figure shows a ball on the water surface in a tan%.

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4tate one observation on the direction of

otion of the ball.

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*xplain why the ball behaves in this

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