Waves in air, fluids and solids exam tips

Exam tips

• Transverse and longitudinal waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to describe a wave as a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Transverse and longitudinal waves.

• Transverse and longitudinal waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to state that waves transfer energy without transferring matter overall..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Transverse and longitudinal waves.

• Transverse and longitudinal waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to describe oscillations in a transverse wave as perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Transverse and longitudinal waves.

• Transverse and longitudinal waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to describe oscillations in a longitudinal wave as parallel to the direction of energy transfer..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Transverse and longitudinal waves.

• Transverse and longitudinal waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to identify ripples on water and electromagnetic waves as examples of transverse waves..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Transverse and longitudinal waves.

• Transverse and longitudinal waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to identify sound waves in air as examples of longitudinal waves..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Transverse and longitudinal waves.

• Transverse and longitudinal waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to describe compressions as regions where particles are closer together in a longitudinal wave..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Transverse and longitudinal waves.

• Transverse and longitudinal waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to describe rarefactions as regions where particles are further apart in a longitudinal wave..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Transverse and longitudinal waves.

• Transverse and longitudinal waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to distinguish the direction of vibration from the direction of wave travel..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Transverse and longitudinal waves.

• Transverse and longitudinal waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to explain why mechanical waves need a medium..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Transverse and longitudinal waves.