Sound

Sound is a disturbance that travels through a medium as a

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• surface wave

• standing wave

Sound does not travel through

• solids

• liquids

• gases

• outer space

The speed of sound depends on

• the loudness of the sound

• the pitch of the sound

• the source of the sound

• the properties of the medium the sound travels through

The ability of a medium to bounce back after being disturbed

• density

• elasticity

• intensity

• frequency

The amount of energy a sound wave carries through a unit area is

• loudness

• intensity

• frequency

• pitch

Which term refers to how high or low a sound seems to a person?

• loudness

• intensity

• frequency

• pitch

The pitch of a sound that you hear depends on the sound waves

• loudness

• intensity

• frequency

• pitch

The changing pitch of a police car's siren as it moves past you is an example of:

• Doppler Effect

• resonance

• speed of sound

• intensity

Which part of your ear do sound waves enter through

• ear canal

• eardrum

• cochlea

• earlobe

Which part of the ear sends messages to the brain>

• the vibrating eardrum

• the hammer, anvil, and stirrup

• the cochlea

• the auditory nerve