GCSE Physics - Waves Exam 2025/2026 Questions With Completed Solutions.

GCSE Physics - Waves

1 Hertz - ANS -1 wavelength per second
\Amplitude - ANS -height of a wave measured from equilibrium position to peak or trough
\Compression - ANS -part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are closer together
\Echo - ANS -reflected sound wave
\Electromagnetic Waves - ANS -waves that travel through a vacuum at 300,000,000 m/s
\Frequency - ANS -number of wave crests passing a point each second
\High Pitch - ANS -high frequency sound
\Longitudinal Wave - ANS -oscillations are parallel to direction of energy transfer
\Loud - ANS -big amplitude sound
\Mechanical Wave - ANS -waves that travel through a medium
\Period - ANS -time taken for one complete wave to pass
\Rarefaction - ANS -part of a longitudinal wave where the particles are further apart
\Transverse Wave - ANS -oscillations are perpendicular to direction of energy transfer
\Ultrasound - ANS -sound waves with higher frequencies than humans can hear
\Wave Speed - ANS -frequency x wavelength
\wavefront - ANS -an imaginary line joining all points that are reached at the same time by a wave passing through a
medium
\Wavelength - ANS -distance from one peak to another
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