How Sound Waves Travel Through Matter

travels through solids fastest because the molecules are closer together

• speed of sound
• wavelength
• frequency
• amplitude

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The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• frequency
• wavelength
• pitch
• amplitude

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Material (matter) through which a wave travels

• medium
• Doppler Effect
• sound
• pitch

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A wave in which the vibration is in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling; sound waves

• longitudinal wave
• ocean wave
• transverse wave
• mechanical wave

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The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

• rarefaction
• compression
• crest
• trough

A part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest
• trough

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• crest
• amplitude
• frequency
• pitch

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A reflected sound wave

• frequency
• pitch
• echo
• rarefaction

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Cletus wants to make ear protectors for people who work around loud jet engines at Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta. Which of the following materials should he experiment with for the best results?

• a material that produces sound
• a material that absorbs sound
• a material that transmits sound
• a material that amplifies sound

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Which surface is the best reflector of sound? 

• bumpy and soft
• smooth and soft
• smooth and hard
• bumpy and hard

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