Waves
Waves II
Waves III
Sound
Ear/ Doctor
100
Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to
What is vibrate?
100
The interaction between two waves that meet is called
What is interference?
100
Which waves arrive at a seismograph first?
What is P waves?
100
The first person to break the sound barrier was
What is Chuck Yeager?
100
Which part of your ear do sound waves enter through?
What is ear canal?
200
Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling are called
What is longitudinal waves?
200
Waves combine to make a wave with larger amplitude in a process called
What is constructive interference
200
Mechanical waves are classified according to
What is how they move?
200
Loudness, or sound level, is measured in units called
What is decibels?
200
The most common type of hearing loss is due to
What is loud noise or music?
300
The maximum distance that the particles of a medium move from the rest positions is the
What is amplitude of the wave?
300
When an incoming wave combines with a reflected wave in such a way that the combined wave appears to be standing still, the result is a
What is standing wave?
300
Frequency is measured in units called
What is hertz?
300
Which term refers to how high or low a sound seems to a person?
What is pitch?
300
Doctors are able to make sonograms through the use of
What is ultrasound?
400
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is the wave's
What is wavelength?
400
What occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object's natural frequency?
What is resonance?
400
The height of a tsunami is low over the open ocean. The tsunami's height increase dramatically when
What is the tsunami reaches shallow water near a coastline?
400
The changing pitch of a police car's siren as it moves by you is an example of
What is Doppler Effect?
400
Sound waves with frequencies below the normal human range of hearing are called
What is infrasound?
500
The speed of a wave is its wavelength multiplied by its
What is frequency?
500
Waves produced by earthquakes are called
What is seismic waves?
500
Why do you see lightning from a distant storm before you hear thunder?
What is light travels faster than sound?
500
As a sound source moves toward a listener, the pitch
What is appears to increase?
500
What is a mixture of sound waves that do not sound pleasing together called?
What is noise?
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