Properties of Waves

Which statement would be true about earthquake waves with a large amplitude?

• They cause the ground to shake less than earthquake waves with a small amplitude.

• They cause the ground to move in a different direction.

• They cause the ground to shake more than earthquake waves with a small amplitude.

• They don't cause the ground to move at all.

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Sound travels through __________.

• empty space

• light waves from the object that created them to our ears

• vibrations that move from our ears to the object that created them

• vibrations that move in waves from the object that created them to our ears

*This is a wave pattern diagram for two transverse waves.

How do the waves compare?

• Both waves have the same frequency.

• Both waves have the same wavelength.

• Wave 1 has a shorter wavelength than Wave 2.

• Wave 2 has a higher frequency than Wave 1.

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*Why does sound travel slower through the air than it does through a solid object?

• The atoms in the air are closer together than the atoms in the solid object.

• The atoms in the air are further apart than the atoms in the solid object.

• The atoms are smaller in the air than the atoms in the solid object.

• The atoms are larger in the air than the atoms in the solid object.

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Charlene tightens the strings on her harp. What would that do?

• It prevents the harp from using air particles to transfer sound.

• It changes the number of strings on the harp.

• It changes the vibrations made by the harp.

• It prevents the harp from making sounds.

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*What do playing a guitar, banging a drum, and dropping a pebble in the water all have in common?

• They all produce light.

• They all cause vibrations.

• They all convert heat to energy.

• They all need gravity to move.

*A person produces two sound waves. Both sound waves have the same frequency, but the second one has a greater amplitude. Which of the following properties is greater for the second sound wave?

• Pitch

• Volume

• Wavelength

• Speed

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*Sound waves, water waves, and light waves are all alike in that they all transfer __________.

• energy but not matter

• energy and matter

• matter but not energy

• neither energy nor matter

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*In which medium would sound move the fastest?

• Empty spcae

• Gas

• Liquid

• Solid

*The human ear receives __________ waves as vibrations and converts them to signals that are processed by the brain.

• light

• infrared

• sound

• ultraviolet

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