Edexcel GCSE Physics Topic 4 Waves overview quiz quiz

Matter only, carrying it along with the wave

Energy and information, without transferring matter

Mass only, moving it from place to place

Particles only, dragging them along through the whole medium

The distance between two neighbouring crests

The number of complete waves passing each second

The maximum displacement from the rest position

The time taken for one complete wave to pass

Transverse

Electromagnetic

Seismic S wave

Longitudinal

Perpendicular (at right angles) to it

Parallel to it, along the same line

In the exact opposite direction to it

There are no oscillations in this kind of wave

$v = \frac{f}{\lambda}$

$v = f \times \lambda$

$v = \frac{\lambda}{f}$

$v = f + \lambda$

$6.7\,\text{m/s}$

$23\,\text{m/s}$

$60\,\text{m/s}$

$600\,\text{m/s}$

$32\,\text{Hz}$

$48\,\text{Hz}$

$320\,\text{Hz}$

$5\,\text{Hz}$

A region where particles are spread apart

A region where particles are close together

The amplitude of the wave

The speed of the wave

Because sound travels quite slowly through the air

Because the sound travels to the wall and back

Because the method uses two separate microphones

Because the frequency of the sound doubles on the way

Only reflection can ever happen at the boundary

Only absorption can ever happen at the boundary

Reflection, refraction and absorption

Nothing happens to the wave at a boundary

Because it speeds up in the glass and bends away from the normal

Because the glass has no effect at all on the light passing through

Because the frequency of the light changes as it enters the glass

Because it changes speed (slows down), bending towards the normal

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

$T = \frac{f}{2}$

$T = \frac{1}{f^2}$

$T = \frac{2}{f}$