GCSE Wave Properties Booklet (Preview)

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A booklet including notes, questions and solutions on the GCSE Waves topic. This booklet only includes wave properties (not reflection or refraction).

Learning Outcomes include:

1. explain the difference between longitudinal and transverse waves
2. know the definitions of amplitude, frequency, wavelength and period of a wave
3. know that waves transfer energy without transferring matter
4. know and use the relationship between the speed, frequency and wavelength of a wave
5. use the relationship between frequency and time period
6. use the above relationships in different contexts including sound waves and electromagnetic waves
7. know that light waves are transverse and sound waves are longitudinal