O Level Wave MC
O Level Wave MC
O Level Wave MC
After the explosion, she hears two bangs. One bang is heard a fraction of a second after the other.
The second bang is an echo from
A. XY. B. PV. C. ZY. D. WX.
4. The drawing shows a wave.
Which labelled distance is the wavelength?
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The waves reach the house because the hill has caused them to be
A. diffracted. B. radiated. C. reflected. D. refracted.
6. To estimate the width of a valley, a climber starts a stopwatch as he shouts. He hears an echo from the
opposite side of the valley after 1.0 s.
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The mans voice will be heard sooner and more clearly if the wind is blowing towards the
A. north. B. south. C. east. D. west.
9. Sounds are made by vibrating objects. A certain object vibrates but a person nearby cannot hear any
sound.
Which statement might explain why nothing is heard?
A. The amplitude of the sound waves is too large.
B. The frequency of the vibration is too high.
C. The sound waves are transverse.
D. The speed of the sound waves is too high.
10. A starting pistol is fired 640 m away from a spectator.
The spectator hears the sound of the starting pistol two seconds after seeing the flash from the gun.
What is the speed of sound in air?
A. 160 m / s B. 320 m / s C. 640 m / s D. 1280 m / s
11. The diagram represents water waves about to move into shallow water from deep
Which property of the waves remains the same after the waves move into shallow water?
A. frequency B. speed C. wavefront direction D. wavelength
12. A battery-operated bell is surrounded by a box with double walls.
The bell is ringing but no sound at all is heard outside the box.
What is in the gap?
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Which are
longitudinal waves?
A. 1 only B. 1, 2 and 4 C. 2 and 3 only D. 2 and 4 only
14. A police car siren emits two different sounds P and Q. These are produced alternately. The diagram
represents the sounds emitted.
Which sound is the louder and which has the lower pitch?
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A . 2 Hz B. 10 Hz C. 2 kHz D. 30 kHz
17. Which row correctly describes light waves and radio waves?
18. The diagram shows water waves passing through a gap in a harbour wall. The waves curve round the
wall and reach a small boat in the harbour.
What is the name of this curving effect, and how can the gap be changed so that the waves are less likely to
reach the boat?
19. Waves pass from deep water to shallow water and refraction occurs.
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20. In an experiment using a ripple tank, plane wavefronts arrive at a plane surface. plane
surface
Which of the following correctly describes the waves after they are reflected from the surface?
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