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A wave whose particles oscillate along its direction of travel is:Read the answer and worked solution →A wave on a string is given as an example of which wave?Read the answer and worked solution →The wavelength is the distance between two consecutive:Read the answer and worked solution →The quantity k is called the angular wave number or:Read the answer and worked solution →The SI unit of the angular wave number is:Read the answer and worked solution →When two pulses overlap, the resultant displacement is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The rule that overlapping waves add is called the principle of:Read the answer and worked solution →Under superposition, each pulse moves as if the others are:Read the answer and worked solution →A wave meeting its own reflection can form a wave that is:Read the answer and worked solution →In a standing wave, points of zero amplitude are called:Read the answer and worked solution →In a standing wave, points of largest amplitude are called:Read the answer and worked solution →A stationary wave pattern results from superposing how many waves?Read the answer and worked solution →The positions of the nodes in a standing wave are:Read the answer and worked solution →Transverse or longitudinal?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each term to its meaningRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about wavesRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the gaps on wavesRead the answer and worked solution →Sort each item by what it belongs toRead the answer and worked solution →Order how a standing wave formsRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not fitRead the answer and worked solution →Pick the right answer, quicklyRead the answer and worked solution →

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A wave whose particles oscillate along its direction of travel is:

  1. Latitudinal
  2. Longstanding
  3. Longitudinous
  4. Longitudinal
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Correct answer: D. Longitudinal

1. The particles move back and forth in line. 2. Sound in air behaves this way. 3. It is a longitudinal wave. _Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 14 'Waves'_

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A wave on a string is given as an example of which wave?

  1. Transverse
  2. Traverse
  3. Transient
  4. Transitive
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Correct answer: A. Transverse

1. The string moves up and down. 2. The wave travels along the string. 3. It is a transverse wave. _Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 14 'Waves'_

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The wavelength is the distance between two consecutive:

  1. Circuits
  2. Crests
  3. Curves
  4. Corners
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Correct answer: B. Crests

1. Troughs would serve equally well. 2. It is one full repeat of the shape. 3. It is the distance between consecutive crests. _Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 14 'Waves'_

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