Ripple Waves

What three things can you work out using a ripple tank?

• Wavelength, speed and frequency

• Depth, height and width

• Wavelength, distance and time

• Speed, frequency and depth

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What two pieces of equipment will you need to work out the wavelength in cm of ripples in a ripple tank?

• Mobile Phone

• Metre Rule

• Toaster

• Oscilloscope

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In order to find the frequency of the waves, what do we need to know?

• The speed of the waves

• The number of waves passing a point each second

• The time taken for a wave to travel across the tank

• The time taken for a wave to reflect from the far side of the tank.

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The highest point of a wave

• Peak

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

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The lowest point of a wave

• Crest

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

A wave in which the vibrations of the wave is parallel to the direction of energy transfer.

• Crest

• longitudinal

• transverse

• Wavelength

The number of waves in given time

• Crest

• frequency

• period

• Wavelength

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The time it takes for one wavelength to pass a point

• Crest

• frequency

• period

• Wavelength

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A wave in which the vibration of the wave is perpendicular to the energy transfer of the wave.

• Crest

• transverse

• longitudinal

• Wavelength

What is A pointing to?

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Wavelength

• Trough

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