IB DP Physics Higher Level (2023 syllabus) · IB ib-phys-hl
C Wave behaviour
Written & reviewed by James Millett — Biology (Imperial College London), PGCE Science (University of Cambridge).
Practice questions on Wave behaviour
- Explain why two stationary observers, one positioned directly in front of a train and one … (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why a stationary observer hears a change in pitch as an ambulance sounding a const… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why an open pipe and a closed pipe of the same length produce different fundamenta… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why a string fixed at both ends can only sustain standing waves at specific freque… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why increasing the number of slits in a diffraction grating, while keeping the sli… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why, in a double-slit interference experiment using monochromatic light, the brigh… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain how the principle of superposition accounts for the formation of a dark fringe in … (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why, in a single-slit diffraction experiment, the central maximum is broader and m… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why the pattern of maxima and minima observed in single-slit diffraction differs f… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain how the principle of superposition accounts for the formation of a standing wave w… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain how astronomers use the Doppler effect to determine whether a distant star is movi… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why the total mechanical energy of an object undergoing simple harmonic motion rem… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why the motion of a simple pendulum released from a small angle approximates simpl… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why the fundamental frequency of a standing wave on a stretched string increases w… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain how the velocity and acceleration of an object undergoing simple harmonic motion (… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain how the restoring force acting on a mass–spring system gives rise to simple harmon… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain how the kinetic energy and potential energy of an object undergoing simple harmoni… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why the pitch of a sound heard by a stationary observer changes as a train soundin… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why two loudspeakers connected to the same signal generator and placed a small dis… (4 marks, Explain)
- Explain why the speed of a wave changes when it passes from one medium into another, and s… (4 marks, Explain)