Sound Vocab
Sound Problems
Waves and Vibrations
Music and Sound
Miscellaneous
100
Volume
What is amplitude for sound waves?
100
If I have two frequencies at 300 and 600 hz, what is the resultant beat?
What is 300 hz?
100
The number of cycles per second
What is a frequency?
100
Sound waves cannot travel in this?
What is a vacuum, or space?
100
Who won the last super bowl?
What is Seahawks?
200
Beats
What is interference between two similar sound waves?
200
I have a 680 hz sound wave. What is its wavelength? (Assuming speed of sound is 340 m/s)
What is .5 m
200
Amount of time in seconds per wave
What is a period?
200
Compared to the speed of light, sound is?
What is slower?
200
Can sonic booms from a gun break glass?
What is no?
300
Constructive Interference
What is waves building on each other, making it louder
300
How many times more intense is 110 dB over 70 dB?
What is 10,000 times more intense?
300
What is the order for materials for the speed of sound from fastest to slowest?
What is Solid, Liquid, Gas?
300
In order for a sound to travel to you from a speaker, the air near the speaker must travel to you, True or False?
What is False?
300
What is the last day of school?
What is May 23rd?
400
Destructive Interference
What is waves canceling each other out, making quieter
400
I have two notes. One of them has a frequency of 369. The other is unknown, but the resultant beat is 4 hz. What are the possible frequencies?
What is 373 hz, or 365 hz?
400
Things that change the speed of sound?
What is density (pressure), changing the medium, temperature, moisture amount?
400
Sound waves are produced by what?
What is vibrating objects in air,in a medium?
400
What color has a higher light energy, blue or red?
What is blue?
500
Pitch
What is the frequency of a sound wave called?
500
I am trying to find an ocean depth. Sound travels at 1530 m/s in water, and I find a 10 second delay in the echo. What is the true depth? (Echoes!)
What is 7650 m?
500
An explosion occurs 340 km away. Given that sound travels at 340 m/s, how long does it take to hear the explosion.
What is 1000 s?
500
A guitar produces sound by what?
What is the strings vibrating?
500
What was the first country to send a man into space?
What is Russia?
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