Sound Waves and Properties Quiz

The highness or lowness of a tone; related to wave frequency.

• Refraction

• Infrasonic

• Pitch

Describes a sound that has a frequency too high to be heard by the normal human ear.

• Infrasonic

• Ultrasonic

• Pitch

Part of a sound wave in which particles are compressed together.

• Rarefaction

• Refraction

• Compression

Part of a sound wave in which particles are spaced apart.

• Rarefaction

• Refraction

• Compressions

Most sound waves are produced by the vibrations of ____________________.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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True or false? As with all wave motion, it is not the medium itself that travels across the room, but the energy-carrying pulse.

• True

• False

What do we call the reflection of sound?

• Refraction

• Compression

• Echo

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Relative to solids, air is a poor conductor of sounds, true or false?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Waves that move in one direction, but vibrate up and down.

• Mechanical

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

Waves that move in one direction, and vibrate left and right.

• Longitudinal

• Mechanical

• Transverse