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Question 74
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A child drops a stone into the middle of a still pond. Ripples spread out across the surface of the water.

A plastic duck is floating on the pond, several metres from where the stone lands.

a.

Describe how the duck moves as the ripples pass it.

[1]
b.

Explain how the movement of the duck shows that it is the wave, and not the water, that travels across the pond.

[2]
c.

State what the ripples transfer from where the stone lands to the duck.

[1]
d.

A teacher holds a lit candle in front of a loudspeaker that is playing a loud, low-pitched note.

Describe what would be seen that shows that the sound wave, and not the air, travels away from the loudspeaker.

[2]
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