Sound waves
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Physics
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11th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is correct about the concept of diffraction?
It is the increase in speed of a wave as it changes medium.
It is the dramatic change in frequency of a wave as it moves past another object
It is the change in direction the wave as it goes through an opening.
It is bouncing of a wave off a distant surface.
It is when one object vibrating at the same natural frequency of a second object forces that second object into vibrational motion
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What happens to a sound wave when it is refracted?
The sound wave bends as it passes through an opening.
The sound wave diminishes it goes into a new material.
The sound wave bounces into a surface as it changes direction.
The sound wave changes direction and changes the speed it is travelling at when it crosses a boundary.
The sound wave bounces off a surface as it changes direction.
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NGSS.MS-PS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the choices best completes the following statement: Compared to a sound of 80 decibels, a sound of 50 decibels…
has a frequency that is 10^3 times more.
is 30 times more loud.
has a wavelength that is 10^3 times shorter.
has a pitch that is 10^3 times quieter.
is 10^3 times quieter.
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NGSS.HS-PS4-5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Sound is a(n) __________ wave caused by vibrations of matter.
compressional
light
electromagnetic
infrared
water
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NGSS.MS-PS4-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the state of matter of a sound wave travelling through when it has a wavelength of 2.3 m and a frequency of 655 Hz?
liquid water
1499 m/s
65 m/s
solid metal
air
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NGSS.HS-PS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When the inverse of the period of a sound wave is increased, the sound will now …
not have the capability to go a great distance.
have a lesser speed.
be much louder.
have a higher tone
have a bigger wavelength.
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NGSS.HS-PS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Leah is using her 329.63 Hz tuning fork to tune a guitar string. When the string and the tuning fork are played at the same time, she hears a beat frequency of 6 Hz. She then tightens the string and hears a beat frequency of 3 Hz.
Loosen the string.
Make the string longer.
Continue tightening the string.
Leave it alone, it is now in tune.
Call someone that can tune the guitar.
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NGSS.HS-PS4-1
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