General Wave Properties – Online MCQs – Physics 10th

1. Waves that travel in a direction parallel to the direction of wave motion.

2. Water waves can be used to show reflection, refraction, and diffraction. For each of these, which row shows whether or not the speed of the water waves changes?

3. The speed of a wave can also be written as:

4. This is a region where the particles of a medium are further apart than average.

5. The particles of the medium vibrate in longitudinal waves:

6. The spreading of the waves near an obstacle is called:

7. Shock absorbers in automobiles are one practical application of:

8. At the mean position of the pendulum, the potential energy of the pendulum is:

9. Which expression represents the simple harmonic motion?

10. They do not need a medium for propagation.

11. Water waves pass from deep into the shallow region and are then refracted. The characteristics of waves which will remain constant is:

12. The motion in which the friction reduces the mechanical energy of the system and the amplitude of motion reduces is called:

13. The diagram shows a water wave approaching a barrier with a gap. The wave reaches point P. What is the name of the effect that causes the wave to reach p int P?

14. The waves that require a material medium for their propagation are called:

15. A wave transports this from one point to another point.

16. Which is not a characteristic of a wave?

17. The diagrams show water waves that move more slowly after passing into shallow water. Which diagram shows what happens to the waves?

18. Diffraction is only significant if the size of the gap is:

19. Which one is an example of a longitudinal wave?

20. A girl throws a small stone into a lake. Waves spread out from where the stone hits the water and travel to the bank of the lake. She notices that ten waves reach the side of the pond in a time of 5.0s. What is the frequency of the waves?