Waves Sound and Light

Which wave has the longest wave length?

• top wave

• bottom wave

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The action of a wave bouncing off a surface is called __________________.

• rarefaction

• refraction

• reflection

• diffraction

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A _____________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• compression

Which wave has a greater frequency?

• A

• B

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Sound is caused by? 

• force

• vibrations

• instruments

• medium

This is what you get when sound waves are reflected, or bounce back, off of a hard surface.

• Amplitude

• Pitch

• Volume

• Echo

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Sound travels as a ___________ wave. 

• longitudinal

• transverse

• water

• slinky

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If you see an object as orange,

• it is absorbing orange light and reflecting all other colors. 

• it is reflecting all colors. 

• it is absorbing all colors. 

• it is reflecting orange light and absorbing all other colors. 

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How loud or soft people hear a sound is related to the _________ of the sound wave.

• amplitude

• longitude

• echo

• lens

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Sound intensity is measured in units called ________ named after Alexander Graham Bell.

• tones

• hertz

• amplitudes

• decibels

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