A sound wave meets a thick, soft curtain. Very little sound passes through the curtain and very little is reflected. What has happened to most of the sound?
It has been transmitted through the curtain into the next room.
It has been reflected back towards the source by the curtain.
It has been carried away by the air moving past the curtain.
It has been absorbed by the material that the curtain is made from.
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.