Types of Waves
Properties of Waves
Behavior of Waves
Sound
The Ear
100
A type of wave that travels along a surface separating 2 media.
What is a surface wave
100
The highest point of a transverse wave.
What is the crest of a wave?
100
This occurs when a wave bounces off a surface that it cannot pass through
What is reflection?
100
The physical response to the intensity of sound
What is loudness?
100
The 2.5 cm long tunnel in the ear that funnels sound to the ear drum
What is the ear canal?
200
A type of wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction of wave travel
What is a longitudinal wave?
200
The lowest point of a transverse wave.
What is the trough of a wave?
200
This is the bending of a wave as it enters a new medium at an angle
What is refraction?
200
The frequency of sound as you perceive it.
What is pitch?
200
The pinna and ear canal are located in this part of the ear.
What is the outer ear?
300
A type of wave that causes the medium to vibrate at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels.
What is a transverse wave?
300
The maximum displacement of the medium from its rest position.
What is amplitude?
300
This is the bending of a wave as it moves around an obstacle or passes through a narrow opening.
What is diffraction?
300
The rate at which a wave's energy flows through a given area.
What is intensity?
300
Sends electrical impulses from the ear to the brain
What is the auditory nerve?
400
Sound waves are an example of this type of wave.
What are longitudinal waves?
400
The distance between a point on one wave and the same point on the next cycle
What is wavelength?
400
This occurs when two or more waves overlap and combine together.
What is interference?
400
The unit that compares the intensity of different sounds
What is a decibel?
400
The region of your ear that contains the cochlea and the auditory nerve.
What is the inner ear?
500
Ocean waves are an example of this type of wave.
What are surface waves?
500
The number of cycles in a given time.
What is frequency?
500
This is a wave that appears to stay in one place.
What is a standing wave?
500
Sounds at higher frequencies than most people hear.
What is ultrasound?
500
The region of the ear that contains the hammer, anvil and stirrup.
What is the middle ear?
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