Waves (AQA GCSE Physics): Quizzes
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What do waves transfer from one place to another?
What do waves transfer from one place to another?
Energy and information
What is frequency?
What is frequency?
How many waves pass a point each second
What is the unit for measuring frequency?
What is the unit for measuring frequency?
Hertz (Hz)
What is wavelength?
What is wavelength?
Distance between two matching wave points
How should amplitude be measured?
How should amplitude be measured?
From middle line to top or bottom
What is the formula for period?
What is the formula for period?
How do particles move in longitudinal waves?
How do particles move in longitudinal waves?
Back and forth in wave direction
Which of these is an example of a longitudinal wave?
Which of these is an example of a longitudinal wave?
Sound waves
What do longitudinal waves create as they travel?
What do longitudinal waves create as they travel?
Compressions and rarefactions
How do particles move in transverse waves?
How do particles move in transverse waves?
At right angles to wave direction
Which are examples of transverse waves?
Which are examples of transverse waves?
Water ripples and light waves
What actually travels when a wave moves through a material?
What actually travels when a wave moves through a material?
Wave energy