4P.1 - Water Waves Halfway Review

Candidate Name:

Can you define the following words?

  • Wave
  • Energy
  • Peak
  • Trough
  • Transfer
  • Displacement
  • Transverse
  • Distance
  • Equilibrium.
  • Refraction
  • Frequency
  • Equilibrium
  • Vibration
  • Ripple tank
  • Reflection
  • Diffract
  • Wavelength
  • Amplitude
  • Absorbed
  • Wave Superposition
1) What travels from one place to another in a wave?


2) What is the maximum displacement of a wave called?


3) How is the wavelength of a water wave measured?


4) What type of wave is a water wave?


5) What is reflection?


6) What is refraction?


7) What is diffraction?


8) What is wave superposition?


9) How do the Big Ideas link to this topic?

a) Forces:





b) Particles:





c) Energy:





d) Cells: