DATE: ___________ CHAPTER 1| INTRODUCTION OF WAVES

Exercises 1: Introduction of Waves.

1 A boy is holding one end of a string with its other end tied to a pole. He shakes his hand up and down
trough a distance of 18 cm in a period of 0.20 s. The distance between two successive crests on the wave
produced is 32 cm

Calculate the
(a) Amplitude
(b) Frequency
(c) Wave speed

2. Figure 1.3 shows the pattern of plane water wavefronts in a ripple tank.

The frequency of the wave is 25 Hz. Calculate...

(a) the wavelength of the wave
(b) the speed of the wave

3. Sea wave are striking the shore at a velocity of 6.0 m s-1. The total distance of five crests on the sea waves
is 4.5 m

What is the frequency of the sea waves?

4. Figure 8 is a diagrammatic picture of a simple wave motion.

(i) State whether the wave is a transverse wave or a longitudinal wave.

(ii) Give a reason for your answer in (b)(i).
 (b) If the wave has a frequency of 2 Hz, mark on the diagram the distance, L, travelled by the wave in 1
second.

5. Figure 9 shows a long spring along which a longitudinal wave is moving.

Figure 9
(a) What is meant by longitudinal wave?
(b) Mark on the diagram,
(i) with a letter C which represents a point of compression
(ii) with a letter R which represents a point of rarefaction
(iii) mark on the diagram a distance equal to the wavelength of the wave and label this distance as
X.
(c) Given an example of a longitudinal wave.

6. Diagram 10 shows how an audio signal generator produces sound waves.

Diagram 10

(a) Sound waves is an example of longitudinal wave. What is meant by longitudinal wave?
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(b) Mark on diagram 10,
(i) with latter C, a point which represents a compression.
(ii) with letter R, a point which represents a rarefaction.

(c) Name the physical quantity which is represented by X in diagram 10.

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7. Diagram 1 shows a slinky spring being moved up and down continuously.

Diagram 1

(a) Complete the sentence below by ticking () the correct box. The wave produced by the slinky spring
is a

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 Transverse wave
Longitudinal waves

(b) On diagram 1, mark ‘X’ on any of the troughs of the wave.

(c) Complete the following sentence by underlining the correct phrase in the bracket.

(d) What type of motion produces waves?

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Objective Questions

1. Diagram 1 shows the wavefronts caused by the C 0.75 cm s-1

vibration of a wooden bar. D 1.33 cm s-1

5. A simple pendulum completes 40 oscillations in 10

seconds. Calculate the period, T and the frequency, f
of the system.

T (s) f (Hz)
A 4.0 0.25
B 0.25 4.0
C 10 0.1
Diagram 1 D 0.025 40

Based on Diagram 1, wavelength is the

distance between the points
A. P and Q
B. P and R
C. Q and R
D. P and S
2. The two types of waves are
A. transverse wave and plane wave
B. transverse wave and longitudinal
wave
C. longitudinal wave and circular wave
D. plane wave and circular wave
6. An electromagnetic wave travelling at a speed of
200 cm s-1 has a frequency of 10 Hz. Calculate the
distance between adjacent crests of the wave.
A 2000 cm
B 200 cm
C 20 cm
D 2 cm
7. Which of the following diagrams shows the
production of longitudinal waves?

3. Diagram 4 shows a wavefronts pattern produce by a

spherical dipper. The dipper is attached to a motor
which is vibrating at a frequency of 20 Hz in a
ripple tank.

Diagram 4

Calculate the speed of the wave

A 300 cm s-1
B 60 cm s-1

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