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Behavior of Waves in Different Mediums

The document contains questions related to the demonstration of transverse waves using a rope, including how to produce the wave, labeling the wavelength and amplitude, and suggestions to reduce wavelength. It also discusses the behavior of water waves transitioning from deep to shallow water, explaining the difference in wave speed. Additionally, it includes questions about wavefronts in a harbor and the processes occurring at the entrance.

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Behavior of Waves in Different Mediums

The document contains questions related to the demonstration of transverse waves using a rope, including how to produce the wave, labeling the wavelength and amplitude, and suggestions to reduce wavelength. It also discusses the behavior of water waves transitioning from deep to shallow water, explaining the difference in wave speed. Additionally, it includes questions about wavefronts in a harbor and the processes occurring at the entrance.

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6 (a) (i) A long rope, fixed at one end, is being used by a student to demonstrate transverse
waves.
State what the student does to the rope to produce the transverse wave.

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(ii) Fig. 6.1 shows a section of the rope when the transverse wave is present.

Fig. 6.1

On Fig. 6.1, show

1. a distance, labelled λ, corresponding to the wavelength of the wave,

2. a distance, labelled A, corresponding to the amplitude of the wave. [2]

(iii) Suggest what the student could do to reduce the wavelength of the wave.

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(b) The diagram in Fig. 6.2 represents waves on the surface of water in a ripple tank. The waves
are travelling from deep water across a boundary into shallow water.

deep water shallow


water

Fig. 6.2

Explain how the diagram shows that water waves travel more slowly in shallow water than in
deep water.

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[Total: 7]
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5 (a) Fig. 5.1 shows an aerial view of wavefronts passing from the open sea into an outer For
harbour. Examiner’s
Use

open sea

outer harbour direction of


wall wave travel

outer harbour

inner harbour
wall
inner harbour

Fig. 5.1

(i) The wavefronts in the outer harbour are curving at their ends.
Name the process that is occurring at the entrance to the harbour.

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(ii) On Fig. 5.1, carefully complete the wave pattern as the wavefronts progress through
the outer harbour and into the inner harbour. Show the rest of the wave pattern in
the outer harbour and three wavefronts in the inner harbour. [3]

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