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Waves carry energy, not the water itself

4th grade (Year 5 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-PS4-1 · England: KS3 Physics: Waves (observed waves)

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Question 1
True or false? Waves only happen in water.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 2
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
- B. Wave energy machines can generate renewable electricity.
- C. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
- D. A wave can travel without any energy.
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Question 3
A rubber duck floats on a pond. Waves pass under it. What does the duck do?
- A. It sinks.
- B. It bobs up and down but mostly stays in the same place.
- C. It spins in circles and flies away.
- D. It is carried all the way to the edge with the waves.
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Question 4
True or false? Sound is a wave.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 5
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
- B. A wave can travel without any energy.
- C. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
- D. A wave in a rope moves along while each bit of rope moves up and down.
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Question 6
In a stadium "Mexican wave", what travels around the stadium?
- A. the seats
- B. the pattern of standing up, not the people
- C. the stadium roof
- D. the people themselves
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Question 7
True or false? Sound is a wave.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 8
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
- B. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
- C. A wave can travel without any energy.
- D. Earthquakes send waves through the ground.
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Question 9
Ocean waves can turn machines that make electricity. What are they using?
- A. fish swimming past
- B. the energy the waves carry
- C. the salt in the water
- D. the colour of the sea
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Question 10
True or false? Waves carry all the water from one side of the ocean to the other.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 11
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
- B. Earthquakes send waves through the ground.
- C. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
- D. A wave can travel without any energy.
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Question 12
In a stadium "Mexican wave", what travels around the stadium?
- A. the seats
- B. the people themselves
- C. the pattern of standing up, not the people
- D. the stadium roof
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Question 13
True or false? Sound is a wave.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 14
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. A wave can travel without any energy.
- B. The bigger a sea wave's amplitude, the more energy it carries.
- C. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
- D. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
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Question 15
In a stadium "Mexican wave", what travels around the stadium?
- A. the seats
- B. the people themselves
- C. the pattern of standing up, not the people
- D. the stadium roof
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Question 16
True or false? Waves only happen in water.
- A. True
- B. False

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