P11 - Wave Properties

Question 1

Mechanical waves are vibrations that

Answer 1

Pass through a medium

Question 2

Electromagnetic waves can

Answer 2

Pass through a vacuum

Question 3

Mechanical waves examples

Answer 3

Sound waves, water waves, seismic waves etc

Question 4

Electromagnetic wave examples

Answer 4

Light waves, radio waves and microwaves

Question 5

Oscillations of a transverse are

Answer 5

Perpendicular to the direction of the waves energy

Question 6

Oscillations of a longitudinal waves are

Answer 6

Parallel to the direction of the waves energy

Question 7

Amplitude of a wave

Answer 7

From the middle to the top or bottom

Question 8

Wavelength is

Answer 8

The distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave

Question 9

Frequency

Answer 9

The number of waves passing through a fixed point every second

Question 10

Wavespeed

Answer 10

The distance travelled by each wave every second

Question 11

Wavespeed equation

Answer 11

Frequency x wavelength

Question 12

Refraction

Answer 12

When waves pass through a different substance and changed direction and speed (car going into mud at an angle and turning)

Question 13

The higher the amplitude the

Answer 13

Higher the energy that the waves carry