Sound Waves

Sound Waves

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A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave

• sound

• wavelength

• pitch

• frequency

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Material (matter) through which a wave travels

• medium
• Doppler Effect
• sound
• pitch

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The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

• rarefaction
• compression
• crest
• trough

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A part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest
• trough

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In which of these types of media will sound travel fastest?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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Sound waves CANNOT travel through which of these:

• Paper

• Milk

• Outer space

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The term for how loud or soft a sound is:

• pitch

• volume

• sound

• medium

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Which feature of sound is determined by amplitude?

• Pitch
• Smoothness
• Loudness

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If the distance represented by the letter A (the amplitude) were increased, how would it change the sound?

• The sound would be higher. 
• The sound would be lower. 
• The sound would be softer. 
• The sound would be louder. 

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What is changed in the second picture?

• Someone is talking louder in picture 2
• Someone is talking softer in picture 2
• Someone is talking lower pitch in picture 2
• Someone is talking higher pitch in picture 2

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When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?

• Frequency 
• Amplitude 
• Wavelength 
• Crest

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The term for how high or low a sound is:

• pitch

• volume

• sound

• medium

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What is changed in the second picture?

• Someone is talking louder in picture 2
• Someone is talking softer in picture 2
• Someone is talking lower pitch in picture 2
• Someone is talking higher pitch in picture 2

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What is changed in the second picture?

• Someone is talking louder in picture 2
• Someone is talking softer in picture 2
• Someone is talking lower pitch in picture 2
• Someone is talking higher pitch in picture 2