General Wave Info
Which part of the ear is a bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which waves trigger nerve impulses.
What causes a sound wave?
What is vibrations?
Human eyes only respond to the narrow range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves called _____.
What is visible light?
Transverse waves consist of crests and troughs. Which are found in longitudinal waves?
What are compressions and rarefactions?
What are waves where the particles move perpendicular (or up and down) to the direction of motion?
transverse waves
When light strikes any form of matter, it can interact with the matter in 3 ways. What are the interactions?
What is opaque, translucent, and transparent?
What parts make up the inner ear?
What is the auditory nerve and cochlea?
How do particles in longitudinal waves travel?
What is back and forth?
The number of waves that pass a point each second is called _____.
What is frequency?
Loudness is determined by _______ which is measured in decibels.
What is amplitude?
Why can you see lightening faster than you hear thunder?
What is light travels faster than sound?
What is the main purpose of the middle ear?
A. gather sound waves
B. amplifies sound waves
C. converts sound waves to nerves pulses
D. interpret sound waves
Which waves do not require a medium to travel? These waves are also considered ___________.
What is electromagnetic?
What is transverse?
Distance between two consecutive points on a wave is called _____.
What is wavelength?
What is the main purpose of the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear?
(choices)
What is gather sound waves?
What is amplifies sound waves?
What is convert sound waves to nerve pulses?
How does light interact with matter? (Give 3)
What is reflection, transmission, absorption, refracted, reflected, scattering, diffraction?
What is the function of the eye's pupil?
What is to control the amount of light the eye receives?