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Exam-style Questions: Properties of Waves

1. Some water waves pass through a gap between two stepping stones across a small
stream.

a) Finish the diagram to show what happens to these waves after they pass through the
gap.

(2 Marks)

b) Write down two factors that a ect the amount of di raction of the waves.

Factor 1...............................................................................................

Factor 2...............................................................................................

(2 Marks)

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2. The diagram shows a transverse wave.

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a) Which of A, B, C or D is:

i) the wavelength

ii) the amplitude

(2 Marks)

b) Light waves carry di erent information to sound waves.

Give two other ways in which light waves are di erent to sound waves

(2 Marks)

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