Fall 2018: Sound and Sound Waves

Which type of wave are sound waves?

• Longitudinal waves
• Transverse waves
• Electromagnetic waves
• Standing waves

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Which part of the sound wave is the wave front?

• Compression
• Rarefaction
• Trough
• Crest

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Through which medium will sound waves travel the fastest?

• Gases

• Liquids

• Solids

• Vacuum

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Through which medium will sound waves travel the slowest?

• Gases

• Liquids

• Solids

• Vacuum

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Through which medium will sound not travel?

• Gases

• Liquids

• Solids

• Vacuum

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What are objects that move slower than the speed of sound in air?

• Subsonic

• Transonic

• Supersonic

• Infrasonic

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What are objects that move faster than the speed of sound in air?

• Subsonic

• Transonic

• Supersonic

• Infrasonic

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What are objects that move with a speed equal to the speed of sound in air?

• Subsonic

• Transonic

• Supersonic

• Infrasonic

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What is the typical frequency range of human hearing? (human audible range).

• 50-50,000 Hz

• 20-20,000 Hz

• 10-10,000 Hz

• 40-40,000 Hz

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What is a device that allows doctors to use high frequency sound waves to view internal organs and developing babies in the womb?

• Ultrasonic imager
• Doppler radar
• Infrasonic photography
• X-ray imaging

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