| Waves topics in the physics (triple science) syllabus Not for combined/double science students. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. What is the highest frequency humans can hear? 
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| 2. What is the lowest frequency humans can hear? 
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| 3. Which of the answers below gives the correct name for sound waves with a higher and lower frequency than human hearing? 
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| 4. Dolphins and submarines use very high frequency sound waves to find the location of objects under the oceans. This technique is called... 
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| 5. When sound waves move from water into air, they slow down. Which statement below explains the changes, if any, to the frequency and wavelength of sound waves in this situation? 
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| 6. A boat sends a high freqency pulse to the bottom of the ocean. It travels at 1500 m/s through the sea water. |  | ||||||||||||||||
| If the pulse echo is detected 4 seconds later, how deep is the ocean at this point? 
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| 7. Which of these reflected light rays has been drawn correctly? 
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| 8. Reflection in a single direction, as shown in question 7, is called.... 
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