Waves

What do waves transfer?

• Energy but not matter

• Energy and matter

• Matter but not energy

• Energy and information

What’s the name of the distance from crest to crest of a wave?

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Period

What’s the name given to the maximum distance of a point on the wave from its rest position?

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Period

What’s the length of time it takes one wave to pass a given point?

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Period

What’s the number of waves passing a point each second?

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Period

What's the unit for frequency?

• Metres per second

• Metres

• Hertz

• Seconds

What's the unit for period?

• Metres per second

• Seconds

• Hertz

• Metres

How do oscillations move in a transverse wave?

• Randomly

• Perpendicular to the direction of travel

• Parallel to the direction of travel

• In ellipses

Which of these is an example of a transverse wave?

• Sound wave

• Light wave

• Mexican wave

• Hand wave

How do oscillations move in a longitudinal wave?

• Randomly

• Perpendicular to the direction of travel

• Parallel to the direction of travel

• They don't move