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Transverse and longitudinal waves

8th grade (Year 9 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-PS4-1, NGSS.HS-PS4-1 · England: KS3 Physics: Waves, GCSE Combined Science: Waves

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Question 1
Is this a transverse or a longitudinal wave: sound?
- A. transverse
- B. longitudinal
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Question 2
Which kind of wave can travel through a vacuum?
- A. electromagnetic waves such as light
- B. sound waves
- C. seismic waves
- D. water waves
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Question 3
Types of wave: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Waves transfer energy without transferring matter.
- B. Sound waves are longitudinal.
- C. Light is a longitudinal wave.
- D. All electromagnetic waves are transverse.
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Question 4
Is this a transverse or a longitudinal wave: a wave sent along a rope shaken up and down?
- A. transverse
- B. longitudinal
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Question 5
Which kind of wave can travel through a vacuum?
- A. water waves
- B. sound waves
- C. seismic waves
- D. electromagnetic waves such as light
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Question 6
Types of wave: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Seismic P waves are longitudinal and S waves are transverse.
- B. All electromagnetic waves are transverse.
- C. Water particles travel across the ocean with the waves.
- D. Sound waves are longitudinal.
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Question 7
Is this a transverse or a longitudinal wave: a slinky pushed and pulled along its length?
- A. transverse
- B. longitudinal
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Question 8
What are compressions and rarefactions?
- A. regions where particles are squashed together and spread apart in a longitudinal wave
- B. the peaks and troughs of a transverse wave
- C. the start and end of a wave
- D. two kinds of light
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Question 9
Types of wave: which statement is NOT true?
- A. All electromagnetic waves are transverse.
- B. Waves transfer energy without transferring matter.
- C. Longitudinal waves have crests and troughs.
- D. Sound waves are longitudinal.
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Question 10
Is this a transverse or a longitudinal wave: ripples on a pond?
- A. transverse
- B. longitudinal
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Question 11
What are compressions and rarefactions?
- A. the peaks and troughs of a transverse wave
- B. the start and end of a wave
- C. regions where particles are squashed together and spread apart in a longitudinal wave
- D. two kinds of light
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Question 12
Types of wave: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Waves transfer energy without transferring matter.
- B. Sound waves are longitudinal.
- C. Seismic P waves are longitudinal and S waves are transverse.
- D. Light is a longitudinal wave.
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Question 13
Is this a transverse or a longitudinal wave: a slinky pushed and pulled along its length?
- A. transverse
- B. longitudinal
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Question 14
A cork floats on a pond as ripples pass. What does the cork do?
- A. spins in a circle quickly
- B. moves along with the wave to the edge
- C. sinks
- D. bobs up and down but does not travel with the wave
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Question 15
Types of wave: which statement is NOT true?
- A. All electromagnetic waves are transverse.
- B. Longitudinal waves have crests and troughs.
- C. Waves transfer energy without transferring matter.
- D. Seismic P waves are longitudinal and S waves are transverse.
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Question 16
Is this a transverse or a longitudinal wave: seismic P waves?
- A. transverse
- B. longitudinal

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