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Sound Waves and Wave Vocabulary

Authored by Eric Muhlenkamp

Physics

9th - 11th Grade

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Sound Waves and Wave Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Material (matter) through which a wave travels

medium
Doppler Effect
sound
pitch

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How high or low a sound is; depends on the frequency (greater frequency= higher pitch)

pitch
frequency
sound
medium

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A wave in which the vibration is in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling; sound waves

longitudinal wave
ocean wave
transverse wave
mechanical wave

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

rarefaction
compression
crest
trough

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart

compression
rarefaction
crest
trough

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring energy

wave
trough
pitch
sound

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term for how loud or soft a sound is:

pitch
volume
sound
medium

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