Name the science that blends the physics of sound with the psychology of human perception
Psychoacoustics
100
This is created when molecules bunch up into compressions and spreads apart into rarefactions
Sound
100
The passage way for sound to the middle ear
Auditory canal
100
Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum can we detect with our eyes?
Visible Light
100
Controls the Pupil size
Iris
200
Name the spot on a standing wave that has complete Destructive interference
Node
200
What type of wave of energy is sound?
Mechanical or Longitudinal
200
This part send the nerve impulses to the brain
Auditory nerve
200
The branch of physics which involes the behavior and properties of light is called
Optics
200
The hole that allows light into the eye
Pupil
300
What is it called when signals of two differenct frequencies are presented, one in each ear, and the brain detects the phase differences in these signals.
Binaral Beats or Music
300
What is the name given to the bunched up molecules that transfer energy as part of a sound wave?
Compression
300
Sends sound to the Auditory canal
Outside Ear or Pinna
300
The energy packets in light are called ?
Photons
300
Sees color
Cones
400
What are the whole number multiples of a Natural Frequency called?
Harmonics
400
What do we call the change in frequency of a wave when the source or the observer is moving?
Doppler Effect
400
Transfers vibrations to the middle ear
3 Bones
400
What do we call it when there is a change in the frequency of light waves when the source or the observer is moving?
Doppler Effect
400
Outer most layer that begins focusing of light
Cornea
500
In the context of psychoacoustics, what do we call it when brain waves, breathing and heatbeat change when periodic rythums are heard?
Entrainment
500
Phenomenon that occurs when 2 objects vibrate at the same frequency
Resonance
500
Converts mechanical energy into electrical nerve impulses
Cochlea
500
What do we call it when an excited electron jumps up to the next higher energy level then falls back down.
Light
500
Contains cells that convert light into electrical impulses