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AQA GCSE

Waves

 

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1. Which of these is the correct term for a wave where the individual particles move at right angles to the direction of the wave energy transfer?

  • A. Transverse
  • B. Longitudinal
  • C. Refracted
  • D. Propagated
2. Which one of these is a longitudinal wave?
  • A). Water (surface) waves
  • B), Sound wave
  • C). Radio wave
  • D). Mexican wave
 

3. An image formed in a mirror is not real. What is the name given to this?

  • A. Imaginary image
  • B. Reflected image
  • C. Virtual image
  • D. Incident image

4. The image is also

  • A. laterally inverted and upright
  • B. vertically inverted and upright
  • C. laterally inverted and upside down
  • D. totally inverted and upside down
5. A light ray hits a mirror and bounces off. What is the correct name for each ray?
  Incoming ray Outgoing ray
A reflected ray incident ray
B incident ray reflected ray
C incident ray refracted ray
D reflected ray deispersed ray

6. Which of these diagrams shows the motion of waves passing through a gap of similar size to the wavelength?

7. What is this effect (above) called?

  • A. refraction
  • B. deflection
  • C. diffusion
  • D. diffraction

8. A longitudinal wave such as a sound wave has regions of

  • A. compressions and decompressions
  • B. peaks and troughs
  • C. compressions and rarefactions
  • D.troughs and rarefactions
 

9. Which of these arrows correctly shows the amplitude and wavelength?

wave

 
 
Amplitude
Wavelength
A).
x
p
B).
y
p
C).
x
q
D).
y
q

 

10. Which of these is the correct formula to calculate wave velocity?
  • A). v= ƒ λ
  • B). v= T λ
  • C). v= 1/T
  • D). v= Tƒ