Properties of Sound

If the wavelength of a sound wave is increased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

• It would have a lower pitch

• It would get softer

• It would get louder

• It would have a higher pitch

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If the wavelength of a sound wave is decreased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

• It would have a lower pitch

• It would get softer

• It would get louder

• It would have a higher pitch

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If the amplitude of a sound wave is increased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

• It would have a lower pitch

• It would get softer

• It would get louder

• It would have a higher pitch

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Which example is creating a sound wave with the shortest wavelength?

• Example X has the shortest wavelength

• Example Y has the shortest wavelength

• Examples X and W have the shortest wavelengths

• Examples W and Y have the shortest wavelengths

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The number of wavelengths that pass a given point is called ___.

• frequency

• amplitude

• speed

• resonance

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Sound waves can travel through all of the following EXCEPT

• a vacuum (empty space)

• air

• water

• steel

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What numbers should be labeled rarefaction in the longitudinal wave?

• 1 and 3

• 2 and 4

• 1 and 2

• 3 and 4

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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another is called a ___.

• wave

• motion

• matter

• force

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The material through which a wave travels is called the ___.

• medium

• matter

• substance

• vacuum

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Quality of the sound that makes voices or musical instruments sound different from each other:

• Pitch

• Duration

• Intensity

• Timbre