Waves topics in the physics (triple science) syllabus Not for combined/double science students |
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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. The diagram here shows the human ear.
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Adapted from image by Iain at English Wikipedia, SVG conversion by User:Surachit | ||||||||||||||||
3. What are the missing parts labelled X and Y?
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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? | |||||||||||||||||
8.Reflection in a single direction, as shown in question 7, is called....
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