Revision: General Wave Properties Report a question What's wrong with this question? You cannot submit an empty report. Please add some details. 12 Waves - Revision Quiz Test your understanding of General Wave Properties here: 1 / 5 1) Which of the following describes correctly the changes, if any, to the frequency, wavelength and speed of sound as it travels from air into water? A B C D 2 / 5 2) What is meant by the term wavefront? The distance between two successive crests of a wave. A line joining all the points that are in phase on a wave. A line that joins multiple peaks on a wave together. The distance between a trough and a crest of a wave. 3 / 5 3) A progressive longitudinal wave is set up in a slinky spring. The diagram below shows the position of the spring at a particular instant of time. The wavelength of the longitudinal wave is 4.0 cm 14.0 cm 2.0 cm 7.0 cm 4 / 5 4) The diagram below shows the particles (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p and q) of a longitudinal progressive wave at a particular instance. Which of the particles are at maximum displacement from their rest positions? d, f, l and n c, g, k and o b, h, j and p a, i and q 5 / 5 5) The diagram below shows the position of a string at a particular instant of time as a progressive transverse wave travels along it from right to left. Which one of the following correctly states the direction of motion (if any) of the points P, Q and R on the string at the instant shows? A B D C Your score is Restart quiz