Sound Waves Quiz

Material (matter) through which a wave travels

• medium

• Doppler Effect

• sound

• pitch

When the sound source moves, the frequency changes.

ex. police car siren sounding lower pitch after the car passes

• pitch

• frequency

• Doppler Effect

• medium

A reflected sound wave causes this....

• sonic boom

• pitch

• echo

• rarefaction

What does pitch depend on?

• amplitude

• frequency

• intensity

• volume of sound

When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Impulses

Sound waves are ALWAYS what type of wave?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal 
• Depends 
• always different

What is a natural Vaccuum that Sound cannot travel through?

• Water

• Air

• Liquids

• Outer Space

If the distance represented by the letter A were increased, how would it change the way the sound was heard?

• 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 sound?

• Electric impulses picked up by our ears

• Energy created by vibrations that produce waves moving through matter

• Shaking protons and electrons

• Supersonic neutrinos invading airspace

These 2 sound waves differ in....

• frequency
• amplitude
• both frequency and amplitude
• none of the above

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