Physical Science Unit 6 Review

Particle motion and the wave velocity are parallel to each other is _____________.

• Latitudinal

• Partially true
• Not related
• Longitudinal

These are sound waves with frequencies greater than 20,000 Hz cannot be detected by the human ear, although may be detected by some animals.

• Ultrasonic waves
• Infrasonic waves
• Visible light waves
• Radio waves

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In two of these converging boundary-types one of the plates descends beneath the other plate, a process called what?

• Subduction
• Submersion
• Erosion
• Expansion

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The outermost rigid, brittle layer of Earth.

• Stratosphere
• Troposphere
• Mantle
• Lithosphere

The propagation of longitudinal waves through matter (solid, liquid, or gas.)

• Light waves
• Electromagnetic waves
• Radio waves
• Sound waves

A wave effect that occurs when an object has a natural frequency that corresponds to an external frequency.

• Vibration
• Harmony
• Dissonance
• Resonance

The _____________________________ lies beneath the crust, extending down to approximately 70 km.

• Mesosphere

• Ironosphere

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

The concept that the solid lithosphere floats in gravitational equilibrium (buoyancy) on the plastic asthenosphere.

• Isostasy
• Seafloor spreading
• Mantle convection
• Plate tectonics

The apparent change in frequency resulting from the relative motion of the source and the observer.

• Archimedes' Principle
• Doppler effect
• Boyle's Law
• Newton's Law

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Which is the loudest source of sound?

• A whisper
• A ticking clock
• A falling leaf
• A rocket launch.