Wave properties and behaviour

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Question 53
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A student observes a transverse water wave on the surface of a pond. A small plastic toy duck is floating on the water as shown in the diagram below.

A diagram of a transverse water wave. The vertical axis represents vertical displacement of the water surface in millimetres, from -15 to +15. The horizontal axis represents distance along the pond in centimetres, from 0 to 40. A sinusoidal wave with a wavelength of 20 cm is shown. A toy plastic duck is floating on the surface of the wave at a distance of 10 cm, currently at the rest position.

Describe the motion of the toy duck as the wave passes.

You should include how the toy duck moves relative to the direction of energy transfer of the wave.

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Wave properties and behaviour Questions

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