PHYSICS FORM 5 CHAPTER 1 : WAVES (TEST)

1. How are waves produced?

2. What is meant by propagation of waves?
3. Describe the types of waves below :
a) Transverse Waves
b) Longitudinal Waves
4. What is meant by wavefronts?
5. List down the type of wavefronts and explain briefly.
6. What is meant by :
a) Amplitude
b) Period
c) Frequency
d) Wavelength
7. State the relationship between period and frequency.
8. Sketch a graph to show the relationship between T and f.
9. In an experiment, Lily observes that a simple pendulum completes 40
oscillations in 55.0 seconds. What is
a) the period of oscillation?
b) the frequency of oscillation?
10.The figure below shows an oscillating pendulum. Write down the correct
path for one complete oscillation.

11.State the relationship between speed, wavelength and frequency.

12.A wave with a speed of 600 ms-1 and its wavelength of 5.0m. What is the
frequency of the wave?
13.The figure below shows the displacement-time graph of the oscillation of a
mass on a spring.
From the graph,
a) State the amplitude,
b) Find the period of the oscillation
c) Calculate the frequency of the oscillation.

14.Figure below shows a displacement-distance graph of a wave. From the

graph,
a) State the amplitude
 b) Find the wavelength

15.The frequency of the simple pendulum depends on the_________.

16.What is meant by damping? State the types of damping and explain.
17.A student sets up an oscillating loaded spring. The student observed that
the loaded spring stopped oscillating after a while. This is due to__________.
18.The end coil of a slinky spring is moved backwards and forwards at a
frequency of 5Hz. Given that the length between two successive
rarefaction sections is 0.5m, what is the speed of the wave produced?
19.Resonance occurs when___________.
20.State the Laws of Reflection.
21.Give 2 example of applications of reflection in daily life.
22.What is meant by refraction?
23.How does the speed, wavelengths and frequency affected when a wave
travels from deep to shallow region?
24.Explain the phenomena of refraction of sound waves.
25.How does a wave diffracted occurs and state the characteristics of
diffracted waves.
26.What is meant by monochromatic light?
27.State the Principle of Superposition and give an example.
28.What is meant by interference?
29.Draw a diagram that shows interference and label it.
30.State the relationship between , a, x, and D.
31.List down the visible light spectrum in order of decreasing wavelength.
32.Loudness is influenced by_______________.
33.Pitch is influenced by________________.
34.A student is standing at a distance of 45m from a wall. He gives a loud
clap and the echo is heard after 0.3s. Calculate the speed of sound in air.
35.What is meant by electromagnetic waves?
36.List down the electromagnetic spectrum in order of increasing frequencies.
37.State four properties of electromagnetic waves.
38.State the application of infrared.
39.List down the danger of radio waves.
40.State three differences between electromagnetic and sound waves.