Properties of Sound Waves

Front

If the wavelength of a sound wave is increased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

Back

It would have a lower pitch

Front

If the wavelength of a sound wave is decreased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

Back

It would have a higher pitch

Front

If the amplitude of a sound wave is decreased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

Back

It would get softer

Front

If the amplitude of a sound wave is increased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

Back

It would get louder

Front

As the wavelength of sound increases, the frequency ___. Options: increases, decreases, stays the same, is higher pitched.

Back

decreases

Front

The number of waves that occur in a time interval is referred to as ___.

Back

frequency

Front

The spread apart regions of particles in a sound wave are called ____.

Back

rarefactions

Front

The pressed together regions of particles in a sound wave are called ____.

Back

compressions

Front

Which example is creating a sound wave with the shortest wavelength? Options: Example X, Example Y, Examples X and W, Examples W and Y.

Back

Example X has the shortest wavelength

Front

Sound waves can travel through all of the following EXCEPT: air, water, steel, a vacuum (empty space)

Back

a vacuum (empty space)