Sound Waves

Which wave is classified as a mechanical wave?

• microwave

• infrared wave

• sound wave

• radio wave

A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave

• sound
• wavelength
• pitch
• frequency

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Bending of waves around an object (such as through a doorway)

• sound
• diffract
• pitch
• volume

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

travels through solids fastest because the molecules are closer together

• speed of sound
• wavelength
• frequency
• amplitude

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second

• frequency
• wavelength
• pitch
• amplitude

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

• rarefaction
• compression
• crest
• trough

A wave in which the vibration is in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling; sound waves

• longitudinal wave
• ocean wave
• transverse wave
• mechanical wave

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What is a Wave?

• The height of a wave from the equilibrium

• A disturbance caused by energy moving from one place to another

• A circle formed out of water

• Air

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Low frequency = _______ Pitch

• Low
• High

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

If someone is standing to the left of this wave, they would hear a ______ pitch than someone standing to the right of it.

• uglier

• prettier

• higher

• lower

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1