GCSE Physics – Transverse and longitudinal waves
Learning Objectives
-I can draw and label transverse and longitudinal waves
-I can describe the direction of movement and the direction of energy transfer for both transverse and longitudinal waves
-I can define the terms, amplitude, wavelength, time period and frequency
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1. Question
What are peaks of waves?
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2. Question
What are troughs of waves?
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3. Question
What angle is perpendicular?
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4. Question
What are the two main types of waves?
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5. Question
Which of these waves has peaks and troughs?
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6. Question
Which of these waves has peaks and troughs?
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7. Question
What is there in transverse waves?
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8. Question
What do longitudinal waves show?
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9. Question
Which of these is a transverse wave?
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10. Question
Which of these is a longitudinal wave?
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11. Question
Which of these is a transverse wave?
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12. Question
Which of these is a longitudinal wave?
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13. Question
What are sound waves travelling through air an example of?
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14. Question
What type of wave is a sound wave?
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15. Question
What do sound waves need to transport?
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16. Question
What are ripples on a water surface an example of?
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17. Question
What type of wave is an electromagnetic wave?
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18. Question
Which of these waves shows compressions and rarefactions?
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19. Question
How do longitudinal waves vibrate?
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20. Question
How do transverse waves vibrate?
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21. Question
What is an area of compression?
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22. Question
What is an area of rarefaction?
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23. Question
What is transferred in all types of waves?
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24. Question
What is not transferred in all types of waves?
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25. Question
Which of these waves shows compressions and rarefactions?