Matter and Energy Test 5

What is the result when two notes interfere harmoniously?

• Consonance
• Harmony
• Melody
• Dissonance

What term refers to sound that has too low a frequency to be heard?

• Supersonic

• Ultrasonic

• Subsonic

• Infrasonic

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What is the effect of intensity on the way the human ear perceives sound?

• Frequency

• Loudness

• Wavelength

• Pitch

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What happens to a wave when it passes between two media? 

• bends toward the medium that causes lower frequency 

  
  

• bends toward the medium that causes slower speed

• bends away from the medium that causes slower speed

• bends away from the medium that causes lower frequency

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the reinforcement or cancellation that occurs when two or more 

sound waves meet? 

• Resonance
• Echo
• Dissonance
• Interference

What term describes a situation in which a driving frequency on an object is the same as or 

nearly the same as one of the object's natural frequencies? 

• Resonance
• Dissonance
• Oscillation
• Vibration

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What is the substance through which a wave transfers its energy?

• Force
• Frequency
• Amplitude
• Medium

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which of the following properties is directly proportional to wave speed? 

• Amplitude

• Period

• Intensity

• Wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What technique uses the reflection of sound to calculate distance? 

• Radar
• Echo ranging

• Sonar
• Acoustics

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is a musical instrument's distinctive sound quality? 

• Rhythm
• Melody
• Pitch
• Timbre