Unit 2, try it
Waves on a pond are generated by a pebble thrown into still water. Which shapes can such waves have?
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Form 4 Physics
Unit 2: Wave Motion questions and answers
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Wave Motion: sample questions with answers
Unit 2, try it
A candle is viewed through small holes in three cardboards. The flame is seen only when the holes are in a straight line. What does this show?
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What unit 2 covers
Questions follow the book: Physics, Secondary, Form Four, Student Book.
Lesson 1: Types of waves
- Introduction
- Mechanical waves
- Water waves
- String waves
- Seismic waves
- Transverse waves
- Longitudinal waves
- Electromagnetic waves
- Gamma rays
- X-rays
- Comparing gamma rays and X-rays
- Radio and microwave communication
- Using microwaves for communication
- Dangers of electromagnetic radiations
- Heating and burns
- Skin cancer and eye conditions
- Cancer and radiation sickness
- Lesson exercise
- Chapter exercise
- Speed of light and sound
Lesson 2: Properties of waves and equation of wave motion
- Properties of waves
- Rectilinear propagation
- Reflection
- Refraction
- Diffraction
- Interference
- Superposition principle
- Stationary waves
- Strings fixed at both ends
- Strings fixed at one end
- Terms of wave motion
- The wave equation
- Lesson exercise
- Chapter exercise
Other units of Form 4 Physics
- unit 1Oscillatory Motion
- unit 3Sound Waves
- unit 4Reflection of light
- unit 5Refraction of Light
- unit 6Dispersion of light
- unit 7Electromagnetic induction
- unit 8Alternating current
- unit 9Electronics
- unit 10Modern Physics
- unit 11Nuclear Physics
