Sound Wave Quiz

This is the unit used to measure the volume of a sound. 

• Decibel
• Medium
• Vibration
• Oscilloscope

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• frequency
• wavelength
• pitch
• amplitude

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave

• sound
• wavelength
• pitch
• frequency

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Material (matter) through which a wave travels

• medium
• Doppler Effect
• sound
• pitch

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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

• pitch
• frequency
• sound
• medium

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel

• mechanical wave
• chemical wave
• electromagnetic wave
• pitch

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Sound waves can NOT travel through

• Air

• Water

• Earth

• space

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The sound that we actually hear is the vibration of molecules.

• True

• False