Question 1

What is the highest point of a wave called?

Accepted Answer

Crest

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Trough

Question 2

Which type of wave oscillates perpendicular to the direction of its travel?

Accepted Answer

Transverse wave

Answer

Surface wave

Answer

Mechanical wave

Answer

Longitudinal wave

Question 3

What unit is used to measure the frequency of a wave?

Accepted Answer

Hertz

Answer

Decibels

Answer

Amperes

Answer

Watts

Question 4

What type of wave consists of compressions and rarefactions?

Accepted Answer

Longitudinal wave

Answer

Electromagnetic wave

Answer

Surface wave

Answer

Transverse wave

Question 5

What do we call the maximum distance a point on a wave moves from its rest position?

Accepted Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Frequency

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Velocity

Question 6

What type of wave is a light wave?

Accepted Answer

<P>Transverse</P>

Answer

Longitudinal

Question 7

What do we call the property of sound that allows us to hear different pitches?

Accepted Answer

frequency

Answer

intensity

Answer

amplitude

Answer

wavelength

Question 8

What happens to the pitch of a sound as the frequency of the sound wave increases?

Accepted Answer

The pitch increases

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The pitch becomes silent

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The pitch decreases

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The pitch remains the same

Question 9

What phenomenon occurs when sound waves bounce off a surface?

Accepted Answer

echo

Answer

absorption

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refraction

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diffusion

Question 10

Which unit is used to measure the intensity or loudness of sound?

Accepted Answer

decibel

Answer

watt

Answer

hertz

Answer

meter

Question 11

What happens to sound as it travels through a denser medium?

Accepted Answer

It travels faster

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It becomes quieter

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It disappears

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It travels slower

Question 12

What property of sound waves determines how high or low a sound is?

Accepted Answer

Frequency

Answer

Velocity

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Amplitude

Question 13

What is the speed of sound in air at room temperature?

Accepted Answer

Approximately 343 meters per second

Answer

Approximately 1000 meters per second

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Approximately 1500 meters per second

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Approximately 120 meters per second

Question 14

Which of the following materials would sound travel fastest through?

Accepted Answer

Steel

Answer

Air

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Water

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Wood

Question 15

What type of wave is sound classified as?

Accepted Answer

Longitudinal wave

Answer

Surface wave

Answer

Electromagnetic wave

Answer

Transverse wave

Question 16

Which part of the ear is primarily responsible for converting sound waves into electrical signals?

Accepted Answer

Cochlea

Answer

Eardrum

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Outer ear

Answer

Auditory canal

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