Summer School Phys. Sci. - CH 12 - Section III and IV Quiz

What is the part of the violin that amplifies the sound of the strings?

• resonator

• quality

• pitch

• reverberation

What is the study of sound?

• noise

• music

• acoustics

• overtones

What is it called when you find objects by emitting sound waves and interpreting the reflecting sound?

• Doppler effect

• echolocation

• music

• sonar

What is used to locate objects under water by the reflection of sound waves?

• sonar

• overtones

• noise

• intensity

What is the difference between sounds of the same frequency caused by overtones?

• acoustics

• pitch

• quality

• echo

What is unpleasant echo effect caused by many sound reflections?

• loudness

• noise

• Doppler effect

• sonar

What do you call multiples of the fundamental frequency?

• reverberation

• sonar

• resonator

• overtones

What is a combination of sounds and distinct pitches following a specified pattern?

• music

• frequency

• eardrum

• intensity

When a wave strikes and object and bounces off. (example echo)

• medium
• refraction
• reflection
• interference

Sound waves in musical instruments or tubes create standing waves that use which type of interference to make louder sounds?

• Constructive

• Destructive