Periodic Motion, Waves and Sound

Through which medium will sound waves travel the fastest?

• iron metal
• the vacuum of outer space
• air 
• water

What force does not act on a pendulum?

• restoring force
• weight
• tension
• mass

Which of the following does not have a direct effect on your speech?

• teeth
• lips
• eyes
• sinuses

The general term for determining the position of an object by reflecting sound off of it is called...

• reverberation
• echolocation
• beats
• resonance

A wave in which the oscillations are at right angles to the direction of wave travel is called a

• angular wave
• longitudinal wave
• oscillating wave
• transverse wave

In which type of wave is a beat especially noticeable?

• light
• acoustic
• mechanical
• standing

The technology that uses frequencies above those that we can hear is called...

• ultrasound
• infrasound
• supersound
• hypersound

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Which of the following is not an example of observed periodic motion?

• a car driving down a straight road
• the rotation of a wheel
• a playground swing
• ocean waves

Which of the following actions will not produce sound?

• striking
• holding
• dropping
• rubbing

All waves transmit...

• energy
• particles
• matter
• sound