The decibel is used to measure a sound's
A. Pitch
B. Frequency
C. Wavelength
B. Frequency
What are echoes?
A. Vibrations of sound
B. Reflections of sound
C. Weakening of sound
B. Reflections of sound
Light travels in _____ waves.
A. Thermal
B. Electromagnetic
C. Radiative
B. Electromagnetic
Electromagnetic wave with the smallest wavelength and the highest frequency
A. Gamma ray waves
B. Microwaves
C. Ultraviolet Wave
A. Gamma ray waves
Sound cannot be heard where?
A. Vacuum
B. Underwater
C. In gasses
A. Vacuum
The highest part of a wave?
Crest
A loud sound is produced by a sound wave with a ___ amplitude.
A. Low
B. High
B. High
longitudinal wave
Color depends on the ____ of visible light.
A. Speed
B. Loudness
B. Wavelength
B. Wavelength
Waves used by cell phones
A. Ultraviolet wave
B. Microwaves
C. Radio Waves
B. Microwaves
light waves travel fastest in _____.
A. Solids
B. Liquid
C. Gases
C. Gases
Transverse waves travel
at right angles to the direction wave's motion
A sound wave are produce by ____ in matter.
A. Echoes
B. Vibrations
C. Explosions
B. Vibrations
transverse wave
When you see an object that is not a light source, you are seeing light waves _____ by the object.
A. Reflected
B. Refracted
C. Absorbed
A. Reflected
Electromagnetic wave that are responsible for the colors we see
A. Ultraviolet waves
B. Infrared Waves
C. Visible light waves
C. Visible light waves
A _____ system locates underwater objects by sending out sound waves.
A. echo
b. sonar
b. sonar
A compression is when particles of a longitudinal wave are what?
Spaced close together
A sound wave is a series of compressions and
A. Echoes
B. Troughs
C. Rarefactions
C. Rarefactions
Loudness of sound is determined by
amplitude
If a material allows most light that strikes it to pass through but forms a blurry image, then the material is
A. Opaque
B. Translucent
C. Transparent
B. Translucent
The distance between one crest and another
wavelength
Sound waves travel fastest in _____.
A. Solids
B. Liquids
C. Gases
A. Solids
The time it takes for a complete wave to pass one point.
Period
A sound wave with a greater frequency have a higher
A. Pitch
B. Amplitude
C. Decibel
A. Pitch
Why does sound travel faster in metal than air?
The atoms in metals are closer together
The change in direction of light waves when they pass through one material to another is
A. Refraction
B. Absorption
C. Reflection
a. Refraction
Which of the eyes cells allows you to see color?
A. Rod cells
B. Cone cells
B. Cone cells
What color will a blue book appear if there are no cones in the retina
grey
A wave that travels along the surface separating two media.
Surface wave