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Which choice BEST represents the sound waves from a soft low-pitched train rumble that suddenly shifts to a loud, high-pitched squeal of brakes?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Longitudinal waves compress the medium they travel though. One example of a longitudinal wave is a

• sound wave

• ocean wave

• infrared wave

• ultraviolet wave

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Which of these examples would be classified as a transverse wave?

• X-Ray

• Sound Wave

• Shock Wave

• Sonic Boom

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The distance from location C to location E, ________ to __________, equals one wavelength.

• amplitude to amplitude

• frequency to frequency

• compression to compression

• compression to rarefaction

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The wave pictured represents a sound wave. Which label along the wave represents a sound with the LOWEST intensity?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The diagram shows a wave. The quantity shown is the amplitude. This quantity is directly proportional to which of these other quantities?

• Energy

• Frequency

• Period

• Wavelength

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An old movie poster used a quote "In space, no one can hear you scream!" Why this is true or not true?

• The quote is incorrect, you can hear sound in outer space.

• Sound cannot be polarized. So, you cannot hear sound in space.

• Sound is an electromagnetic wave and needs no medium to travel through.

• Sound needs a medium for the wave to vibrate and there is nothing in space to vibrate.

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Which of these are not mechanical waves and can be used to send a signals to satellites orbiting the earth?

• sound waves

• radio waves

• both sound waves and radio waves

• neither sound waves or radio waves

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Which of the following is an example of a longitudinal wave?

• Sound wave

• Light wave

• Radio wave

• Microwave

What type of wave is a light wave?

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

• Surface

• Mechanical

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