Waves in air, fluids and solids exam tips

Exam tips

• Properties of waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to define wave speed as the speed at which energy is transferred through a medium or through space..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Properties of waves.

• Properties of waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to use the equation wave speed = frequency x wavelength..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Properties of waves.

• Properties of waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to calculate wave speed from frequency and wavelength..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Properties of waves.

• Properties of waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to calculate frequency from wave speed and wavelength..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Properties of waves.

• Properties of waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to calculate wavelength from wave speed and frequency..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Properties of waves.

• Properties of waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to identify wavelength in metres, frequency in hertz and wave speed in metres per second..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Properties of waves.

• Properties of waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to apply MS 3b and MS 3c skills when rearranging wave speed and frequency-period equations..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Properties of waves.

• Properties of waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to apply MS 4a skills when interpreting wave graphs and wavefront diagrams..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Properties of waves.

• Properties of waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to required practical: make observations to identify suitable apparatus for measuring wave frequency, wavelength and speed in a ripple tank..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Properties of waves.

• Properties of waves exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to required practical: make observations to identify suitable apparatus for measuring wave frequency, wavelength and speed in a solid..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Properties of waves.