Waves
The two categories of waves
What is longitudinal and transverse waves?
Sound waves are categorised as being this type of wave
What are longitudinal waves?
The names of three divisions of the ear
What is outer, middle and inner ear?
Name of Superman's home planet
The boiling point of water
What is 100 degrees Celsius?
The top point of a wave is called this
What is crest?
Increasing this part of the wave increases the pitch
What is frequency?
A device to help people hear sound
What is cochlear implant?
What is Gotham City?
The third planet from the Sun
What is Earth?
Waves transfer ________ without transferring matter
What is energy?
Increasing this part of the wave increases the volume
What is amplitude?
Electrical impulses travel along this nerve to the brain
Name of the wizardry school that Harry Potter attended
The symbol for the element Tungsten
What is W?
Area in a longitudinal wave where particles are close together
What are compressions?
Sound cannot travel through this
What is a vacuum?
When sound reaches this part of the ear, vibrations begin
What is the eardrum?
The body's largest organ
What is the skin?
The measure of one wavelength is between these two points
Sound travels faster in _______ temperatures
What is warm?
Fluid filled areas that give us our sense of balance
Chewbacca in Star Wars are this species
What is wookie?
The air we breathe is mostly made of this gas
What is nitrogen?