plumiWave properties: Edexcel International A Level Physics questions
Every Edexcel International A Level Physics exam question on Wave properties (specification points 33–38), 2019–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 42 questions on Wave properties, as a list
- January 2025, AS Unit 2, Q14(a) (1 mark): Light is a transverse wave. State what is meant by a transverse wave. (1)
- October 2024, AS Unit 2, Q3 (1 mark): A student stands a distance d from a wall. She makes a loud sound. She hears the echo of the sound from the wall after a time t. Which of the following expressi
- October 2024, AS Unit 2, Q4 (1 mark): A displacement-time graph for a point on the surface of a water wave is shown. Displacement 0 Time / s 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Which of the follow
- October 2024, AS Unit 2, Q9 (1 mark): A wave is moving along a length of string in the direction shown. F G Direction of wave travel F and G are two points on the string. Which row of the table desc
- October 2024, AS Unit 2, Q13(a) (1 mark): Light is a transverse wave. State what is meant by a transverse wave. (1)
- June 2024, AS Unit 2, Q15(a) (3 marks): A student connected a microphone to an oscilloscope. She then placed the microphone near to one of the pipes. The photograph below shows the oscilloscope screen
- June 2024, AS Unit 2, Q15(c) (2 marks): The student determined the frequency and wavelength of sound waves produced in different pipes and plotted the graph shown. 0.50 0.45 0.40 Wavelength / m 0.35 0
- June 2024, AS Unit 3, Q3(a) (3 marks): The student added water to the transparent tube to change the length s of the air column. Describe a method to determine a single value of s as accurately as po
- June 2024, AS Unit 3, Q3(b) (4 marks): The ultrasonic transducer emitted pulses of ultrasound. The emitted pulses were reflected at the water surface and then detected when they returned to the ultra
- June 2024, AS Unit 3, Q3(c)(i) (2 marks): Determine the mean value of v. (2) Mean value of v =
- June 2024, AS Unit 3, Q3(d) (2 marks): The student modified the apparatus to determine the speed of sound in water. –1 with a 4% uncertainty. He determined the speed of sound in water to be 1444 m s
- January 2024, AS Unit 2, Q7 (1 mark): A microphone is attached to an oscilloscope. The microphone detects a sound. The trace displayed on the oscilloscope screen is shown. screen Not to scale trace
- January 2024, AS Unit 2, Q15(a) (1 mark): State what is meant by a transverse wave. (1)
- October 2023, AS Unit 2, Q5 (1 mark): The graph shows how displacement varies with time for a particular point as a wave passes. Displacement 5 10 15 Time / ms 0 Which of the following statements is
- October 2023, AS Unit 3, Q3(a) (4 marks): The student had a metre rule and a stopwatch. Describe how the student could determine accurate values for d and v. (4)
- October 2023, AS Unit 3, Q3(b)(i) (2 marks): Describe how the student could use a graph to determine a value of k. (2)
- October 2023, AS Unit 3, Q3(b)(iii) (3 marks): The student suggested that the value of k should be equal to the gravitational field strength. Discuss whether it is likely that k is the gravitational field st
- June 2023, AS Unit 2, Q2 (1 mark): The time period of a wave decreases. Which of the following properties of the wave increases? A amplitude B frequency C speed D wavelength
- June 2023, AS Unit 2, Q18(c) (5 marks): The stationary wave on the string causes sound waves to be transmitted through the air. Describe the similarities and differences between the stationary wave on
- January 2023, AS Unit 2, Q8 (1 mark): When longitudinal waves pass through a material, compressions and rarefactions are formed. Which of the following statements is correct? A Compressions are poin
- October 2022, AS Unit 2, Q1 (1 mark): Which of the following pairs of quantities could be used to calculate the speed of a wave? A amplitude and frequency B amplitude and wavelength C period and fre
- October 2022, AS Unit 2, Q4 (1 mark): Two students are discussing longitudinal waves. Student 1 states that at the centre of a compression the displacement of molecules is zero. Student 2 states tha
- June 2022, AS Unit 2, Q2 (1 mark): The graph shows how the displacement x of particles in a wave varies with time t. The speed of the wave is not known. x t Which of the following can not be dete
- June 2022, AS Unit 2, Q14(a)(i) (4 marks): The density of one material is 2700 kg m–3. Calculate vp and vs in this material. K = 7.55 × 1010 Pa G = 2.61 × 1010 Pa (4) vp = vs =
- June 2022, AS Unit 2, Q14(a)(ii) (2 marks): The Earth contains layers of liquid. The value of G for liquids is 0. Explain whether S-waves can travel through liquids. (2)
- January 2022, AS Unit 2, Q16(a) (2 marks): Describe the difference between transverse waves and longitudinal waves. (2)
- January 2022, AS Unit 3, Q5(a)(i) (4 marks): Determine the speed of sound in air. distance between microphones = 1.25 m (4) Speed of sound = m s–1
- January 2022, AS Unit 3, Q5(a)(ii) (3 marks): The student then attached the microphones to the piece of wood so they detected the sound passing along the wood. The distance between the microphones was 1.25
- January 2022, AS Unit 3, Q5(b) (2 marks): The student tried the same experiment using a rubber hammer. The rubber hammer compressed as it hit the wood making a sound that lasted for a longer time. Expla
- October 2021, AS Unit 2, Q10 (1 mark): A sound wave travels through air. The diagram represents the displacement of air particles along the wave at an instant in time. displacement W Z V X distance Y
- October 2021, AS Unit 3, Q2(b)(ii) (2 marks): Calculate the frequency of the microwaves being transmitted. (2) Frequency =
- June 2021, AS Unit 2, Q2 (1 mark): A wave has amplitude A, period T, and wavelength λ. Which of the following can be used to calculate the speed of the wave? A AT A B T C λT D λ T
- June 2021, AS Unit 2, Q7 (1 mark): Which of the following statements is correct for minimum displacement of the particles in a longitudinal wave? A Minimum displacement occurs at compressions onl
- June 2021, AS Unit 2, Q17(a) (5 marks): Explain how the apparatus shown in Photograph 1 could be used to determine the speed of sound in air. (5)
- June 2021, AS Unit 2, Q17(b) (3 marks): The student changed the position of the microphone. The traces on the oscilloscope screen before and after changing the position of the microphone are shown in
- June 2021, AS Unit 3, Q2(d) (2 marks): The percentage uncertainty in the student’s value for the speed of sound is equal to the percentage uncertainty in l. The accepted value for the speed of sound
- January 2021, AS Unit 2, Q7 (1 mark): A graph of displacement against time for a point on a transverse progressive wave is shown. 10 5 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 –5 –10 Time / s Which of the follow
- October 2020, AS Unit 2, Q1 (1 mark): Waves can be represented on graphs of displacement against distance and displacement against time. Which of the following properties can only be determined by c
- October 2020, AS Unit 2, Q16(c) (2 marks): Suggest two factors that might cause the speed of sound to vary with the depth of the sea. (2)
- January 2020, AS Unit 2, Q8 (1 mark): Waves may be longitudinal or transverse. Which of the following statements is correct? A All transverse waves travel at the same speed. B All transverse waves h
- January 2020, AS Unit 2, Q15(b)(ii) (3 marks): In 1933, the crew of the US Navy ship USS Rampo took measurements from one of the largest waves ever recorded. The wavelength of the wave was 342 m and the time
- January 2020, AS Unit 2, Q18(a) (3 marks): A teacher says that a lightning strike taking place 1 km away from the observer will result in a time of 3 s between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunde
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