A student says that ripples carry the water from one side of a pond to the other. Which observation shows that the student is wrong?
A floating leaf bobs up and down but stays in about the same place.
A floating leaf is pushed slowly along the surface towards the far bank.
The ripples become smaller as they travel further across the pond.
The ripples travel more quickly across the pond when the water is deeper.
40 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Physics 6.1 Waves in air, fluids and solids, covering 6.1.1 Transverse and longitudinal waves, 6.1.2 Properties of waves, 6.1.3 Reflection of waves, 6.1.4 Sound waves (HT only), and 6.1.5 Waves for detection and exploration (HT only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.