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Sound Waves

Quiz by William Burnette

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14 questions
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  • Q1
    How fast a wave moves through a medium.
    What is amplitude?
    What is speed?
    What is period?
    What is frequency?
    30s
  • Q2
    How long the wave is.
    What is wavelength?
    What is frequency?
    What is amplitude?
    What is distance?
    30s
  • Q3
    How often the particles vibrate about their fixed positions.
    What is frequency?
    What is period?
    What is the shake?
    What is speed?
    30s
  • Q4
    How much time it takes the particles to complete a vibrational cycle.
    What is a shake?
    What is frequency?
    What is amplitude?
    What is a period?
    30s
  • Q5
    How far the particles vibrate away from their resting position.
    What is amplitude?
    What is wave speed?
    What is period?
    What is wavelength?
    30s
  • Q6
    The pitch of a sound is directly related to the _________________ of the sound wave.
    speed
    wavelength
    amplitude
    frequency
    30s
  • Q7
    High pitched sounds have relatively large _____________ and small __________________.
    speed, period
    frequency, wavelength
    period, wavelength
    amplitude, wavelength
    30s
  • Q8
    As the frequency of a sound increases, the wavelength_______________ and the period____________________
    increases, increases
    increases, decreases
    decreases, decreases
    decreases, increases
    30s
  • Q9
    A sound wave is described as being 385 m/s. This quantity describes the wave's __________________
    wavelength
    frequency
    speed
    period
    30s
  • Q10
    The speed of a sound wave depends upon the ___________________________.
    properties of the medium through which it moves
    amplitude of the wave
    frequency of the wave
    wavelength of the wave
    30s
  • Q11
    If a person yells (as opposed to whispering), then it will cause___________________
    air molecules to vibrate with greater amplitude
    the pitch of the sound to be higher
    air molecules to vibrate more frequently
    the sound to travel faster
    30s
  • Q12
    If a person yells (as opposed to whispering), then it will cause___________________
    the speed of the sound to be faster
    the pitch of the sound to be higher
    the speed of the sound to be slower
    the loudness of the sound to be louder
    30s
  • Q13
    The Doppler Effect is a phenomenon that is observed only in sound waves.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q14
    As the source of a sound approaches an observer, the loudness of the sound increases. This is an example of the Doppler Effect.
    False
    True
    30s

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