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NAME : Exercise 1 Form 5

FORM : 6.1 Understanding


Wave
1 Which of the following is the transverse wave 4 The figure shows a cross-section of a water
different from the longitudinal wave? wave.
A speed
B period
C amplitude
D direction of vibration of the particles and
direction of wave propagation

2 The figure shows a cork floating in a water tank. Which points are one wavelength apart?

A P and R B Q and S
C Q and T D P and T

5 The figure shows a model of a wave produce by


a slinky spring.

Which figure shows the movement of the cork


when the wave passes? What is the wavelength ?

A 15 cm B 30 cm
C 45 cm D 60 cm
E 75 cm

3 The figure shows a slinky spring is moved Based on the figure above , which of the following
backwards and downwards to produce a model is true?
of a wave.
Amplitude Wavelength
A 6 cm 8 cm
B 6 cm 11 cm
C 3 cm 8 cm
D 3 cm 11 cm
Which of the following is true?
7 The speed of a sound wave is 300 m s -1
Type of wave Direction of the wave vibrates with a frequency 0.6 kHz . What is the
propagation wavelength of the sound?
compare with the spring
vibration A 0.5 m B 2.0 m
C 80 m D 5000 m
A Longitudinal Parallel E 180000 m
B Longitudinal Perpendicular
C Transverse Parallel
D Transverse Perpendicular

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8 The figure shows a wavefront pattern produced 12 Which graph shows the relationship between
by a dipper vibrating at a frequency of 12 Hz in a frequency,f and wavelength, of a wave?
ripple tank.

What is the speed of the waves?


A 2 cm s-1 B 8 cm s-1
C 12 cm s-1 D 18 cm s-1

9 A dolphin emits an ultrasonic wave with a


wavelength of 0.01 m. The speed of ultrasonic
wave in water is 1 500 ms-1.
What is the frequency of the ultrasound?
A 6.7x 10-6 Hz B 1.5 x 101 Hz 13 The figure shows a loudspeaker produces a
C 3.0 x 10 Hz
1 D 1.5 x 105 Hz sound with a frequency 300 Hz
E 3.0 x 10 Hz
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10 The figure shows a transverse wave is produced


a long rope by a student. The students hand
make The makes 10 complete up and down
movements in 1.0 s
Which of the following is true?

A The transverse wave is produced


B X is a rarefaction region
C The wavelength is 1.2 m
D The speed of the sound is 250 ms-1

What is the speed of the wave? 14 The figure shows a graph displacement- time of
A 0.5 ms-1 B 2.0 ms-1 water waves.
C 4.0 ms -1 D 10 ms-1
E 20 ms-1

11 The diagram shows the straight lines represent


the positions , at one instant , of successive
crests of plane waves traveling on water. The
waves travel at distance 45.0 cm in 3.0 s.

Which of the following is true?


A The period of the water wave to vibrating is
25 s
B The amplitude of the water wave is 0.4 m
What is the frequency of the water waves? C The frequency of the water wave is 0.05 Hz
A 30 Hz B 15 Hz D The wavelength of the water wave is 20
C 7.5 Hz D 2.5 Hz
E 0.5 Hz

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15 The figure shows a bob of a simple pendulum is 18 A child on a swing makes 20 complete swings in
swinging between point A and point C. 30 seconds.
What is the frequency of the oscillation?

A 1 Hz B 1 Hz
3 2

C 2 Hz D 3 Hz
3 2

E 2 Hz
One oscillation is counted when it oscillating from
A A to B
B A to C
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C A to C and back C to B
D A to C and back C to A

16 The figure shows a bob of a simple pendulum is


swinging between point P and point Q. It takes
13.8 s to swing from P to Q and back to P twenty
Base on the figure above, which distance
times
represents the amplitude?

20 The diagram shows how displacement varies with


time.

What is the period of the pendulum?


A 0.69 s B 1.38 s
C 1.45 s D 27.6 s
E 276 s

17 The figure shows a pendulum is swinging.


The time taken from the rest position M to its Which of the following is true?
maximum displacement N is 2.0 s.
Amplitude/ m Period / s Frequency / Hz

A 0 .1 0.50 2
B 0.2 0.50 1
C 0.1 0.25 4
D 0.2 0.50 2

21 The period of oscillations of a simple pendulum


What is the period of the pendulum?
increases when the
________________________ increases.
A 2.0 s B 4.0 s
C 6.0 s D 8.0 s
A length of the pendulum
E 10.0 s
B mass of the bob of the pendulum
C acceleration due to gravity
D amplitude of the oscillations of the
pendulum

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22 The figure shows five pendulums that are hung
from the wire MN. The pendulum P is displaced 25 A system is oscillating at its natural frequency
and released. without damping.
What happens to the total energy of the
oscillating system?

A It remains constant
B It decreases
C It increases

26 As the amplitude decreases the


______________ decrease.

A period B frequency
Which of the pendulums will oscillate with the C energy D number of oscillations
highest amplitude?
27 The figure shows a mass hanging from a spring
A Pendulum W B is immersed in water.
Pendulum X
C Pendulum Y D
Pendulum Z

23 Which of the following physical quantities has a


maximum value when resonance occurs?

A frequency B period
C amplitude D acceleration

24 A spring vibrates at a natural frequency 50 Hz. Which of the following graph shows the
Resonance occurs when the frequency of forced vibrations the spring ?
vibrations on the spring is

A 0 Hz
B 25 Hz
C 50 Hz
D 100 Hz

21 Which of the following phenomenon is not


caused by resonance ?

A The violent vibrations of a washing machine


at some spin speeds
B The tuning circuits in TV and radio sets
work at the frequency of the station you
select
C The wind instruments produce sound by
forcing the air inside the tube
D The shock absorbers in cars cause
oscillations to die down after a car has gone
over a bump in the road

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28 The figure shows a graph displacement-distance 29 The figure shows a student setting up waves on
for a transverse wave. a long lastic cord . The studens hand makes 5
complete up-and -down movement in 2. 5 s, and
in each up-and-down movement the hand moves
through a height of 0.4 m.
P , Q, R, S and T are the points marked on the
cord.

(a) Mark on the graph


(i) the direction of vibration of the
particles and the direction of wave
propagation .
(ii) two points vibrate in phase.
(a) What type of wave is produced by the cord?
(b) Give one example of the transverse wave .

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(b) State two points that out of phase.
(c) Determine
(i) the amplitude
(c) Determine
(i) the amplitude

(ii) the wavelength (ii) the frequency

(iii) the speed of the wave

(d) What is the speed of the wave when the (d) What happens to distance of PR when
frequency is 25 Hz. frequency of the waves increase?

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(ii) responding variable
30 A student carries out an experiment to find out
the relationship between mass, m and the
oscillation period, T of a piece of jigsaw blade.
The jigsaw blade is clamped at one end and a
plasticine ball with mass, m is fixed at the other
end as shown in figure below. (iii) Fixed variable

(b) Base on the graph paper above plot a graph


T2 against m.

The jigsaw blade is displaced horizontally to one


side and then released so that it oscillates. The
time for 20 oscillations ,t is taken by a stop watch.
The experiment is repeated by using plasticine
balls with different masses.
The results of the experiment are shown in the
table below.
Mass, Time for 20 Period T2 / s2
m /k g oscillations, t / s T/s
0.1 28.0

0.2 40.0

0.3 50.0

0.4 56.0

0.5 64.0

0.6 70.0

(c) Based on your graph state the relationship


(a) Complete the table above between T2 and m.

(b) State .............................................................................

(i) manipulated variable

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