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What are waves?
Properties of Waves
Sound
Hearing Sound
100
What type of mechanical wave has crests and troughs?
Transverse
100
Which property measures the height of a wave?
Amplitude
100
Sound travels as what type of mechanical wave?
Longitudinal
100
This part of the ear provides a route for sound waves to travel along to the eardrum
Ear canal
200
What type of wave has compressions and rarefactions?
Longitudinal
200
Which property measures the distance between two corresponding parts on a wave?
Wavelength
200
Which term refers to how high or low a sound seems?
Pitch
200
This part of the ear has a tightly stretched membrane
Eardrum
300
What are the three types of mechanical waves?
Transverse Longitudinal Surface
300
Which property measures the number of waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time?
Frequency
300
What three factors affect the speed of sound?
Temperature Stiffness Density
300
What are the three main sections of the ear?
Outer Ear Middle Ear Inner Ear
400
A mechanical wave must travel through a __________
Medium
400
Which property measures how fast the wave is moving?
Speed
400
The changing pitch of a police car's siren as it moves by you is called___________
The Doppler Effect
400
What are the names of the three small bones in the middle ear?
Hammer Anvil Stirrup
500
With mechanical waves energy causes the particles in the medium to _____________
Vibrate
500
Label the amplitude and the wavelength
A- amplitude B- wavelength
500
The ______________ of a sound depends on its energy and intensity
Loudness
500
This part of the ear is snail shaped and contains fluid and hair cells
Cochlea