Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) · PHYSICS · Chapter
Properties of Waves
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Question 1
1 mark · Easy
Answer and see the solution →State what is transferred by a wave as it travels from one place to another.
Question 2
1 mark · Easy
Answer and see the solution →When you shout across a field, your friend on the other side hears you. Has any of your breath (the air you breathed out) travelled to your friend? Explain briefly.
Question 3
1 mark · Easy
Answer and check →Which statement about waves is correct?
- A.Waves transfer energy but not matter.
- B.Waves transfer matter but not energy.
- C.Waves transfer both energy and matter together.
- D.Waves do not transfer anything.
Question 4
1 mark · Easy
Answer and see the solution →Give one example of something that waves can transfer apart from energy.
Question 5
1 mark · Easy
Answer and see the solution →A bell rings inside a vacuum chamber, but you cannot hear it from outside. What does this show about how sound waves transfer energy?
Question 6
1 mark · Easy
Answer and check →Which of these is not transferred by a wave?
- A.Energy
- B.Information
- C.Matter
- D.Vibrations
Question 7
1 mark · Easy
Answer and see the solution →Describe, in one sentence, how a wave moves energy across a lake after a stone is thrown in.
Question 8
1 mark · Easy
Answer and see the solution →A guitar string is plucked and begins to vibrate. What moves along the string to your ear: energy, matter, or both? Briefly explain.
Question 9
4 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →A student throws a pebble into a still pond and observes waves spreading out from the point where the pebble lands.
(a)[1 mark]State what is transferred by the water waves across the pond.
(b)[2 marks]Describe what happens to the water itself as the waves move outward from the point of impact. Do the water particles move from the centre to the edge of the pond?
(c)[1 mark]Give one example, other than water waves, where waves are used to transfer information.
Question 10
1 mark · Normal
Answer and check →Which of the following best describes how waves transfer energy?
- A.By carrying matter from one place to another
- B.By transferring matter and energy together
- C.By vibrations or oscillations that transfer energy without overall movement of matter
- D.By creating a flow of particles in the direction of the wave