Question 1

What type of tank does physicists use to describe the behaviour of waves?

Accepted Answer

ripple tank

Question 2

What is a ripple?

Accepted Answer

A small uniform wave on the surface of water

Answer

A way of representing a system in order to understand how water functions

Answer

The speed at which wave travels

Question 3

How are waves often represented?

Accepted Answer

By a wavy line

Answer

As colorful spirals

Answer

As straight lines with no movement.

Question 4

Is necessary to use a lamp when using a ripple tank

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 5

Which part of a wave is the trough?

Accepted Answer

The lowest point of a wave

Answer

The number of complete waves

Answer

The middle distance a complete wave has

Question 6

What is a crest in a wave?

Accepted Answer

The highest point of a wave

Answer

The lowest point of a wave

Answer

The distance between two adjacent troughs of a wave

Question 7

What is the wavelength?

Accepted Answer

The distance between two adjacent crests or throughs of a wave

Answer

The frequency of a wave

Answer

The time taken for one point to pass a complete wave

Question 8

The more times the bar vibrates each second, the more ripples it sends out.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 9

What is the frequency on waves?

Accepted Answer

The number of waves sent out each second

Answer

The speed at which a wave moves

Answer

The time a wave takes to complete its cycle

Question 10

Frequency is measured in seconds

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 11

What is the period on waves?

Accepted Answer

Is the time taken for one complete wave to pass a point

Answer

Total amount of energy on each wave

Answer

The number of waves that can pass in one second

Question 12

Period is measured in Hertz

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 13

What is the correct equation for frequency?

Accepted Answer

$f\ =\ \frac{1}{T}$

Answer

$f\ =\ \frac{1}{T}$

Answer

$f\ =\ \frac{1}{T}$

Answer

$f\ =\ \frac{1}{T}$

Question 14

Which of the next options is the equation of period?

Accepted Answer

$f\ =\ \frac{1}{T}$

Answer

$f\ =\ \frac{1}{T}$

Answer

$f\ =\ \frac{1}{T}$

Question 15

The wave speed is the rate at which the crest of a wave travels

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 16

A transverse wave is:

Accepted Answer

A wave in which the vibration is at right angles to the direction of propagation of the wave

Answer

A wave in which the vibration is forward and back, parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave

Question 17

What is the correct meaning of movement on a longitudinal wave?

Accepted Answer

The vibration of the wave is forward and back

Answer

The vibration of the wave is at right angles

Question 18

Group the characteristics with the correct type of wave

Question 19

A wave transfers matter from place to place without transferring energy.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 20

Select the correct meaning to the different lines of the image.

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