Sound Waves Test

Any material in which a sound wave travels is a ....

• Sound Wave
• Vibration
• Absorbed
• Medium

A(n) ___________ is a longitudinal wave that can only travel through matter.

• Medium
• Vibration
• Frequency
• Sound wave

A ___________ is a rapid back and forth motion that can occur in solids, liquids, or gases. 

• Vibration
• Frequency
• Pitch
• Sound Wave

____________ is the lowness or highness of a sound. 

• Frequency
• Pitch 
• Vibration
• Sound wave

______________ is the number of waves that pass a certain position each second. 

• Pitch
• Vibration
• Frequency
• Medium

When a sound wave encounters a new medium, the sound can continue traveling through the new medium, become _____________ by the new medium, or _____________ off of a material. 

• reflected; absorbed
• absorbed; reflected
• absorbed; vibration
• vibration; reflected

A sound wave can travel through gases, liquids, and solids. 

• True
• False

The bouncing of a wave off a surface is called absorption. 

• True
• False

After reflection, you will detect the sound waves as an echo.

• True 
• False

Sound waves carry energy towards a source. 

• True
• False