A small plastic toy duck is floating at rest on the calm surface of a swimming pool. A ball is dropped into the pool a few meters away, generating circular transverse water waves that propagate outward across the water surface.
How does the toy duck behave as the waves reach and pass it?
It is carried along with the wave, moving steadily away from where the ball was dropped.
It is carried along with the wave, moving steadily towards where the ball was dropped.
It remains at the same average distance from where the ball was dropped, oscillating up and down.
It remains at the same average distance from where the ball was dropped, oscillating horizontally from side to side.
237 exam-style questions on CIE IGCSE Physics General properties of waves, covering General properties of waves. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.