Waves 1

In General Sound waves travel the slowest in __________

• solid
• liquid
• Gas
• Plasma

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A sound is loud or soft depending on its ____________

• Amplitude
• Frequency

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A sounds high or low pitch depends on the waves ______________

• frequency
• amplitude

Sound is produced when something ______________

• Vibrates
• Moves through empty space

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The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• frequency
• wavelength
• pitch
• amplitude

Material (matter) through which a wave travels

• medium
• Doppler Effect
• sound
• pitch

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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring energy

• wave
• trough
• pitch
• sound

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Highest point of a wave

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• frequency

If the distance represented by the letter A (the amplitude) were increased, how would it change the sound?

• The sound would be higher. 
• The sound would be lower. 
• The sound would be softer. 
• The sound would be louder. 

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Sound waves are what kind of wave?

• Longitudinal
• Transverse
• Surface
• Electromagnetic