General Wave Info
Wave Characteristics
Sound
Wave Characteristics 2
Sound 2
100
What is a periodic disturbance that transfers energy?
a wave
100
What is the highest point of a wave?
crest
100
What type of wave are sound waves?
longitudinal (mechanical)
100

Loudness of waves is measured in what?

Decibels 

100

High frequency waves have ______ pitch.

High
200
What is the physical environment that waves occur in?
medium
200

What is the lowest point of a wave?

trough

200
What is the measure of how high or how low a wave sounds?
pitch
200

Frequency of waves is measured in what?

Hertz

200

Which temperature causes sound to travel more slowly?

Cold
300
What are waves the require a medium (such as sound)?
mechanical waves
300
What is the distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave?
wavelength
300
What determines how loud or soft a sound is?
amplitude
300

What is the speed that waves travel at?

frequency

300

In which types of media does sound travel fastest?

Solid

400

A rarefaction is made when particles move __________

apart

400
What is the distance (how high or how low) particles move from the baseline of the wave?
amplitude
400
What determines the pitch of a sound?
the frequency of the wave
400

The elasticity of a substance describes how fast or slow its particle bounce back-and-forth as ______________ move through the object

Vibrations
400

Which of these is not a property of a sound wave?

A. Intensity 

B. Elasticity

C. Loudness 

D. Pitch

B. Elasticity

500

A back-and-forth motion causing particles to move close together generates a ________.

compression

500

A sound wave cannot travel through what?

A vacuum/space

500
What causes sound waves?
vibrations
500

Which physical property of a medium is defined by how close the particles of the substance are to each other?

Density

500

The amount of energy a sound wave carries per second through a unit of area is its ______

Intensity

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