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10 questions
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  • Q1
    What kind of a wave is a sound wave?
    Transverse
    Latitudinal
    Electromagnetic
    Longitudinal
    30s
  • Q2
    How do sound waves travel?
    Vibrations through a medium
    Sound waves can only travel in a vacuum
    Via a carrier particle called a neutrino
    Via a carrier particle called a photon
    30s
  • Q3
    What is the pitch of a sound determined by?
    Its frequency
    Sound waves all have the same pitch
    The medium through which it travels
    Its amplitude
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the loudness of a sound wave determined by?
    The medium through which it travels
    Its amplitude
    Sound waves all have the same loudness
    Its frequency
    30s
  • Q5
    What are echoes?
    Reflections of sounds
    An impressionist repeating the noise
    Reflections of light
    Refraction of sounds
    30s
  • Q6
    If a sound wave is made louder, what happens to the amount of energy the wave has?
    The energy increases
    The energy decreases
    The energy remains constant
    More information is required to answer the question
    30s
  • Q7
    If the pitch of a sound wave is increased, does the time period between waveforms increase or decrease?
    Increases
    Remains the same
    Randomly changes to a discrete value
    Decreases
    30s
  • Q8
    A car horn produces a sound wave of frequency 680Hz. When the sound wave is travelling through air, it has a wavelength of 0.5m. What is the speed of the sound wave?
    330m/s
    400m/s
    300m/s
    340m/s
    30s
  • Q9
    The car horn and car unfortunately find themselves under water in a river. The car horn still produces a sound wave with a frequency of 680Hz, however the speed of the sound is dramatically increased to 1485m/s. What is the wavelength of the sound wave in water?
    1,009,800m
    2.18m
    0.92m
    0.46m
    30s
  • Q10
    What is an ultrasound wave?
    There are no such things as ultrasound waves
    Ultrasound waves are transverse waves
    An ultrasound wave is a sound wave which has the same frequency as an audible sound wave, however it has much greater energy
    An ultrasound wave is a sound wave which has a frequency higher than 20kHz
    30s

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