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

Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?

• Air

• Empty space

• Metal

• Water

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Sound energy needs a medium (solid, liquid or gas) to travel through.

• True

• False

Light __ travel through a vacuum.

• can

• cannot

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The picture shows a sound wave traveling through a liquid. Which picture below shows how the sound wave will change when it enters a gas?

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

• Solids only

• Liquids only

• Gases only

• Solids, liquids, and gases

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Waves can travel through solid, liquid, and gaseous mediums.

• True

• False

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Which of the following can act as media for a wave?

• Solids only

• Liquids only

• Gases only

• Solids, liquids, and gases

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

• A. Solids only

• B. Liquids only

• C. Gases only

• D. Solids, liquids, and gases

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The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it can NOT pass is called —

• rarefaction

• reflection

• diffraction

• refraction

What happens when a wave bends around the edge of an object or through openings?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Absorption