Properties of Waves
The height of a wave is called what?
Amplitude
Radio waves have the longest ___ of all the EM waves on the EM spectrum.
Wavelengths
Sound travels as what type of wave?
Longitudinal wave
An echo is an example of what?
Reflection
What two things effect the speed of sound?
Medium and temperature
The peak of a wave is called what?
Crest
Aside from cooking, microwaves are also used in what?
Radar
Sound travels fastest through what medium?
Solid
Electronic echolocation is called what?
Sonar
Pitch depends on what?
Frequency
The distance between any two troughs or any two crests is called what?
Wavelength
What EM waves allow you to feel heat from the Sun?
Infrared waves
How many tiny bones are there in the inner ear?
3
Orchestras take advantage of what type of interference?
Constructive interference
Loudness is related to what?
Amplitude
The unit for wave frequency is what?
Hertz (Hz)
What mnemonic is used to memorize the order of the colors of light?
ROYGBIV
Sound waves require what to travel?
A medium
When a shock wave reaches your ear you hear what?
Sonic boom
Humans can hear frequencies between what and what?
20-20,000 dB
When a wave bends as it enters a new medium it is called what?
Refraction
What is one positive effect of UV light?
-Kills bacteria on food
-Allows skin to produce Vitamin D
What is one of the most common types of hearing loss called?
Tinnitus
Only low frequency waves can _____________ around objects.
Diffract
Loudness is measured in what?
decibels (dB)