Sound Waves

A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave

• sound
• wavelength
• pitch
• frequency

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travels through solids fastest because the molecules are closer together

• speed of sound
• wavelength
• frequency
• amplitude

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• frequency
• wavelength
• crests

• amplitude

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Material (matter) through which a wave travels

• medium
• Doppler Effect
• sound
• pitch

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How high or low a sound is; depends on the frequency (greater frequency= higher pitch)

• pitch
• frequency
• sound
• medium

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A wave in which the vibration is in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling; sound waves

• longitudinal wave
• ocean wave
• transverse wave
• mechanical wave

Sound is made when a source of energy forces the matter to

• Vibrate

• Move

• Stay still

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Sound waves CANNOT travel through which of these:

• Paper

• Milk

• Outer space

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

• Pitch

• Intensity

• Wavelength

• Frequency

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The _______ of a wave increases with increased energy.

• Wave length

• Amplitude

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