10.5 - Waves and Types of Waves
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Practice Questions
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What is a wave?
💡 Hint: Think about ripples in water.
Define transverse wave.
💡 Hint: Remember how light moves.
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Interactive Quizzes
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Which type of wave has particles that vibrate perpendicular to the direction of wave travel?
💡 Hint: Think about how light and water waves behave.
True or False: Longitudinal waves have particles that move in the same direction as the wave.
💡 Hint: Consider sound waves as an example.
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Design an experiment to differentiate between transverse and longitudinal waves using simple materials found at home.
💡 Hint: Consider how each wave looks and the motion of particles.
Calculate the wavelength of a sound wave with a frequency of 440 Hz traveling at 343 m/s.
💡 Hint: Plug the values into the formula and rearrange correctly.
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