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Free AQA AS waves worksheets with answers on progressive waves, harmonics, interference, diffraction and refraction. Printable PDFs for first-year physics.
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Choose from four focused waves activities: progressive waves and phase, stationary waves and harmonics, interference and diffraction, or refraction and optical fibres. Use the coverage lists to select a calculation or explanation focus for the class.
The worksheets are labelled AQA AS 7407 and also support shared first-year A-level topics. Keep the original course label when sharing them. Each download pairs the pupil questions with a separate worked-solutions PDF.
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AQA AS · 7407
Download a free AQA AS Physics worksheet on progressive waves, phase difference, longitudinal and transverse waves, and polarisation, with solutions.
AQA AS · 7407
Download a free AQA AS Physics worksheet on stationary waves, nodes, antinodes, harmonics and waves on strings, with practical planning and worked solutions.
AQA AS · 7407
Download a free AQA AS Physics worksheet on interference, Young double slits, single-slit diffraction and diffraction gratings, with worked solutions.
AQA AS · 7407
Download a free AQA AS Physics worksheet on refraction, total internal reflection, optical fibres, attenuation and pulse broadening, with worked solutions.
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