Metric System
Complementary Metric Terms
Graphs
Units
Sound
100
The prefix is giga, name the exponent
What is 109
100
The abbreviation is k & m, name the pairs
What is thousands and thousandths
100
In diagnostic ultrasound, the horizontal or x axis, runs how?
What is side to side?
100
An appropriate unit of area
What is square yards?
100
Acoustic variables identify soundwaves, name the units for density.
What is kg/cm3?
200
The symbol is da, name the prefix
What is deca?
200
The pairs are tens and tenths, name the prefixes
What are deca & deci?
200
This axis runs up and down on a graph?
What is vertical or y axis?
200
An appropriate unit for volume
What is centimeter
200
A pair of waves which occur at the same time and the same location.
What is in phase waves?
300
The meaning is billionth, name the symbol
What is n?
300
The prefix is hecto & centi, name the pairs
What are hundreds and hundredths?
300
Name the relationship
What is directly related?
300
All numerical values must have corresponding units to eliminate
What is ambiguous?
300
Sound cannot travel through a vacuum; it must travel through a medium where molecules are squeezed together, name this term
What is compression?
400
The exponent is 10-2, name the meaning
What is hundredth?
400
The prefix is hecto and centi, name the abbreviation
What is h & c?
400
Name the relationship based on this graph
What is inversely related?
400
A number followed by the word percent is
What is unitless?
400
When two waves travel in a medium and arrive at a location at the same time, what event takes place
What is interference
500
The exponent is 106, name the prefix
What is mega
500
The pairs are millions and millionths, name the prefix
What is mega & micro?
500
Reciprocals numbers are inverse because when one increases, the other does
What is decrease?
500
If you increase by a factor, this means
What is multiply by that number?
500
When particles move in the same direction that the wave propagates.
What are longitudinal waves