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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
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
- B. The bigger a sea wave's amplitude, the more energy it carries.
- C. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
- D. A wave can travel without any energy.
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Question 2
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 3
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 4
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. A wave can travel without any energy.
- B. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
- C. Earthquakes send waves through the ground.
- D. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
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Question 5
A rubber duck floats on a pond. Waves pass under it. What does the duck do?
- A. It sinks.
- B. It is carried all the way to the edge with the waves.
- C. It bobs up and down but mostly stays in the same place.
- D. It spins in circles and flies away.
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Question 6
True or false? Bigger waves carry less energy.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 7
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
- B. A wave can travel without any energy.
- C. The bigger a sea wave's amplitude, the more energy it carries.
- D. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
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Question 8
Drop a stone in a still pond. What carries energy out to the edge?
- A. the wind
- B. the stone rolling along the bottom
- C. the ripples spreading out in circles
- D. the fish
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Question 9
True or false? Sound is a wave.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 10
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. Earthquakes send waves through the ground.
- B. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
- C. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
- D. A wave can travel without any energy.
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Question 11
A rubber duck floats on a pond. Waves pass under it. What does the duck do?
- A. It spins in circles and flies away.
- B. It bobs up and down but mostly stays in the same place.
- C. It is carried all the way to the edge with the waves.
- D. It sinks.
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Question 12
True or false? Waves transfer energy from place to place.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 13
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. Earthquakes send waves through the ground.
- B. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
- C. A wave can travel without any energy.
- D. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
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Question 14
A rubber duck floats on a pond. Waves pass under it. What does the duck do?
- A. It sinks.
- B. It spins in circles and flies away.
- C. It bobs up and down but mostly stays in the same place.
- D. It is carried all the way to the edge with the waves.
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Question 15
True or false? Bigger waves carry less energy.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 16
Waves and energy: which statement is true?
- A. Surfers are carried by water travelling across the whole ocean.
- B. Ripples on a pond carry the stone to the edge.
- C. A wave in a rope moves along while each bit of rope moves up and down.
- D. A wave can travel without any energy.

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Answer key: Waves carry energy, not the water itself

1. B. The bigger a sea wave's amplitude, the more energy it carries.
2. C. the pattern of standing up, not the people
3. B. False
4. C. Earthquakes send waves through the ground.
5. C. It bobs up and down but mostly stays in the same place.
6. B. False
7. C. The bigger a sea wave's amplitude, the more energy it carries.
8. C. the ripples spreading out in circles
9. A. True
10. A. Earthquakes send waves through the ground.
11. B. It bobs up and down but mostly stays in the same place.
12. A. True
13. A. Earthquakes send waves through the ground.
14. C. It bobs up and down but mostly stays in the same place.
15. B. False
16. C. A wave in a rope moves along while each bit of rope moves up and down.