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Write down an equation relating speed, frequency and wavelength of a wave. Indicate the SI units of each quantity.

Important Questions on Properties of Waves

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 14 - Properties of Waves>Questions>Q 14.9
If 10 waves pass a point each second and their wavelength is 30 m, what is their speed?
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 14 - Properties of Waves>Questions>Q 14.1
All sound waves travel with the same speed in air. Which has the higher frequency, a sound wave of wavelength 2.0 m or one with wavelength 1.0 m?
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 14 - Properties of Waves>Questions>Q 14.11
Which have the longer wavelength, radio waves of frequency 90 MHz or 100 MHz?
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 14 - Properties of Waves>Questions>Q 14.13
Draw a diagram to show what happens to plane waves when they strike a flat reflector placed at 45° to their direction of travel.
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 14 - Properties of Waves>Question>Q 14.15
What is observed when ripples pass through a gap in a barrier?
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 14 - Properties of Waves>Questions>Q 14.16
What can you say about the width of a gap if it is to produce the greatest diffraction effect?
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 14 - Properties of Waves>Question>Q 14.17
Draw a diagram to show how a series of parallel, straight wavefronts are altered as they pass through a gap whose width is equal to the wavelength of the waves.
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook Second Edition>Chapter 14 - Properties of Waves>End-of-chapter questions>Q 2
Copy the table and complete it by writing transverse and longitudinal in the correct boxes in the first column.
                                                                                         describes a wave that varies from side to side, at right angles to the direction of travel.
  describes a wave that varies back and forth along the direction of travel.