What are waves?
Properties of Waves
The Nature of Sound? Properties
Hearing Sound
100
Which mechanical wave has crests and troughs?
transverse
100
Which property measures the height of the wave?
Amplitude
100
Sound travels as what type of mechanical wave?
Longitudinal
100
This part of the ear provides a route for sound waves to travel along to the eardrum
Ear canal
200
Which mechanical wave has compressions and rarefactions?
Longitudinal
200
Which property measures the distance between corresponding parts of a wave?
Wavelength
200
How high or low a sound seems describes a sound's_________
Pitch
200
This part of the ear ends at a tightly stretched membrane
Eardrum
300
What are the three types of mechanical waves?
Transverse Longitudinal Surface
300
Which property describes the number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
Frequency
300
What three factors affect the speed of sound?
Temperature Stiffness Density
300
What are the three sections of the ear?
Outer ear Middle ear Inner ear
400
A mechanical wave must travel through a ________
Medium
400
The changing pitch of a police car's siren as it moves by you is called ____________
The Doppler Effect
400
What are the three small bones in the middle ear called?
Hammer Anvil Stirrup
500
This is the part of the ear that is shaped like a snail shell and contains fluid and hair cells
Cochlea
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