Vocab
Wave Properties
Sound Waves
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Trivia
100

The ability to do work or cause change

energy

100

Identify the Crest 

Top part of the wave

100

The ability of a material to bounce back after being disturbed

elasticity

100

Sound waves travel in an _______________ waves

longitudinal 

100

who is inventor of the telephone 

Alexander Graham Bell

200

any substance in which energy travels

medium

200

Identify the trough

lowest point of the wave

200

How high or low a sound is

pitch

200

a ____________ is a high-pressure area of tightly packed molecules. 

compression 

200

What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?

Hedwig

300

the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

frequency

300

Identify rest position 

equilibrium 

300

Mass per unit volume

density

300

a ________ is a low-pressure area of loosely-packed molecules

rarefaction 

300

What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City

400

The distance an object travel in a given amount of time

speed

400

Identify the wave length 

Crest to crest

400

the amount of energy in a light or sound wave, which we perceive as brightness or loudness, as determined by the wave's amplitude

intensity 

400

at ______ decibels you can damage your hearing 

85

400

Which is the longest river in the world?

Nile

500

 repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion

vibration

500

Identify the amplitude 

rest position to crest

500

the unit used to measure sound intensity or loudness

decible

500

Sound waves travel fastest through __________ medium. 

solid 

500

What year did the first iPhone come out?

2007

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