
Sound Waves
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- Q1disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wavelightsoundUV lightx-rays20s
- Q2ability for material to bounce back after being disturbeddensitytemperatureelasticityvolume20s
- Q3measure of how much matter or mass is contained in a given volume.massvolumedensityelasticity20s
- Q4amount of energy per second carried through a unit area by a wavemasstemperatureintensityloudness20s
- Q5determined by intensity of sound, i.e. amplitude (decibels); what you actually heartemperaturedensityintensityloudness20s
- Q6unit of loudness.decibel (dB)hertz (Hz)volume (L)watts (W)20s
- Q7how high or low a sound is; depends on frequencyamplitudeintensitypitchloudness20s
- Q8frequency of forced vibrations on an object matches the object's natural frequency, and a dramatic increase in amplitude results.overtonesresonanceechoesfundamental overtones20s
- Q9blending of fundamental tone and overtones; sound qualitymusictimbrenoise20s
- Q10set of tones and overtones combined in ways that are pleasing to the ear.overtonesmusicnoise30s
- Q11no pleasing timbre and no identifiable pitchovertonesmusicnoise30s
- Q12a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of soundsdissonancemusic30s
- Q13science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear inacoustics30s
- Q14repeated changes in loudnessbeat30s
- Q15funnels sound wavesouter ear30s