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WorksheetsChapter 13 Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Sound is a form of_______________________ that is detectable by our ears.
compression
rarefaction
energy
frequency
Sound requires a ___________________________to be heard.
rarefaction
medium
oscillator
vaccum
Ultrasounds in medicine use
light waves
ultrasonic waves
infrasonic waves
transverse waves
Sound travels the fastest through
gases
liquids
solids
helium
Sounds travel slowest through
gases
liquids
solids
titanium
_____________________________did an experiment showing that sounds requires _________________________ to be heard.
Galileo, oxygen
Michael Faraday, a medium
Robert Boyle, a medium
Richard Feynman, nitrogen
__________________________________ is the number of oscillations of a sound wave in a given period of time.
volume
pitch
frequency
amplitude
A sound wave crest is called
compression
rarefaction
horizontal
transverse
A sound wave trough is called
compression
rarefaction
horizontal
transverse
Which scientist first accurately measured the speed of sound in 1708 - 1709?
Boyle
Derham
Galileo
Plato
The speed of sound at room temperature is
100 m/s
15000 m/s
345 m/s
245 m/s
____________________ is the response of your ears to the intensity of sound waves.
pitch
frequency
loudness
intensity
_______________________________is the measure of the power contained in an acoustic wave.
pitch
loudness
loudness
intensity
The outer ear that captures sound and funnels it to the middle and inner ear is called the
eardrum
hammer
pinna
epiglottis
The malleus, incus, and stapes in the ear are more commonly known as the
hammer, anvil, and stirrup
hummer, audible, and singer
head, aura, and stamen
humorous, antivirus, and stoma
Frequency is measured in
watts
joules
hertz
decibels
Sound intensity is measured in
joules
watts
hertz
decibels
The human ear is sensitive to frequencies from
20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
20 Decibels to 20,000 Decibels
0 Hz to 10,000 Hz
0 Decibels to 10,000 Decibels
The Whispering Gallery in the video we watched in class was located where?
The Bench of Whispers in Spain
Grand Central Station in New York City
St. Paul's Cathedral in London
The Echo Wall in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing
According to the bookmark we made in class, the sound of a jet taking off at 140 decibels would be enough to damage a person's hearing with continued exposure.
True
False
