Waves

Mrs. Yarbrough produced many sound waves while playing the piano. Which diagram shows the sound wave that she produced with the LONGEST wavelength?

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What factors affect how fast a sound wave travels?

• The medium or material in is moving through

• The amplitude

• The wavelength

• The perpendicular motion in which it travels to the direction of the wave.

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Which of the following is true?

• 1. x-rays travel slower than infrared.

• Infrared travels slower than x-rays.

• Gamma rays are the slowest moving.

• Radio waves have the most energy and shortest wavelength.

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As Devon ran up the stairs to his school building, the bell rang out above him. He had lost track of time during lunch while listening to music tracks with his headphones, which had silenced all other noise around him, including the first warning bell signaling the end...What kind of sound waves are responsible for Devon being able to enjoy his music?

• Mechanical

• chemical

• nuclear

• radiant

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What part of a sound wave measures LOUDness?

• wavelength

• magnitude

• amplitude

• frequency

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The picture shows a light ray hitting the surface of a mirror what is going to happen as it strikes?

• It is going to absorb

• It will reflect back from where it began.

• It is reflected at an angleequal to the angle of incident.

• It reflects 30 degrees from the angle of incident.

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A light wave travels through the air, passes into this glass and then travels back into the air as seen in the picture. Which best describes what is happening.

• The light wave is

  refracted

• The light wave is diffused

• The light is reflected.

• The light is diffracted.

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Mrs. Culpepper moved into her new home with vaulted ceilings and hardwood floors. Everytime someone spoke you would hear an echo. Why did this echo happen?

• Sound waves diverging and bouncing off the walls.

• The sound waves diffracted.

• The sound waves reflected.

• The sound waves refracted.

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how does a gamma ray and a radio wave differ in terms of wavelength and energy?

• Gamma wavelength is shorter and has a lot more energy.

• Radio wavelengths are short and have a lot of energy.

• Gamma wavelenths are shorter and have low energy

• Radio waves are long and have less energy.

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The region of the Electromagnetic Spectrum where color can be seen is called visible light. Which of the following is correct?

• The lowest frequency is red and the highest is violet

• The highest is red and the lowest is violet

• green has the highest frequency

• Yellow has the highest frequency.

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