Waves, Huh What are they Good For?

What type of medium do sound waves travel FASTEST in?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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The bending of a wave as it passes an edge or an opening is called ________.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Absorbtion

A sound wave can be transmitted through all of the following except a _________________.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Vacuum

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Which of the following images illustrates diffraction?

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The process that causes light to bend as it passes through a prism is called ______.

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Absorbtion

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An ambulance passes a stationary observer. Which of the following best describes how the amplitude and the frequency of the sound waves heard by the observer change as the ambulance moves farther away?

• Both the amplitude and the frequency increase.

• Both the amplitude and the frequency decrease.

• The amplitude of the sound waves increases, and the frequency decreases.

• The amplitude of the sound waves decreases, and the frequency increases.

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Pitch correction software used in music recording studios changes which part of the sound wave?

• Rest position

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

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What is true about the image of a Longitudinal Wave

• This wave transfers energy.

• An example of this type of wave would be sound waves.

• This type of wave has compressions and rarefactions.

• The wave moves perpendicular to the direction of the disturbance.

The section of the EM Spectrum with enough energy to pass through human tissue and reveal the skeleton is?

• Gamma

• Radio

• Visible Light

• X Ray

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Which of these is an example of the interference of a sound wave?

• Noise-cancelling headphones that reduce the amplitude of sound waves by combining them

• Hearing a teacher talking in the hall through a gap in a closed door.

• Hearing an echo after yelling into an empty cave.

• Looking through binoculars at a speaker and seeing her lips move before you hear her.