Analyze and Interpret Data on the Effects of Different Media on the Speed of Sound and Light Waves

Matter in which waves travel

• period

• medium

• vibration

• energy

• mechanical wave

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In the desert air, sound travels at 358 meters per second. In the polar air, sound travels at 330 meters per second.

What can you conclude from this information?

• The speed of sound is constant.

• Sound waves travel at the same speed everywhere on Earth.

• Sound waves travel fastest in a vacuum.

• The temperature of the air affects the speed of sound.

Temperature effects sound but depends on the....

• medium

• waves

• weather

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What is a medium?

• the matter through which a mechanical wave travels

• two lines that will never touch

• the particles of a medium that travel parallel to a wave

• two lines that meet at a right angle

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Material some waves travel through, such as the type of solid, liquid, or gas.

• Trough

• Peak

• Wavelength

• Medium

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The substance through which a wave travels.

• frequency

• medium

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What happens when a rock is dropped into water?

• The rock forms water circles that stay near the rock.

• Water is attracted inward toward the heavy rock.

• The rock causes light to bounce off the liquid water.

• Waves travel away from the spot where the rock hits.

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Which of the following can act as medium for a wave? (a)  

• Solids only

• Liquids only

• Gases only

• Solids, liquids, and gases

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Any substance that waves move through is called? 

• translucent

• opaque

• transparent

• medium

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Medium, or media, means what when talking about waves?

• Energy the wave carries.

• Matter the wave travels through.

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