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PSH Sound Waves Review - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 2 times
- The average score is 31 of 32
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is the speed of sound at 0 Degrees C? (m/s) | 332 m/s | 100%
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| At how many Decibels does permanent hearing loss start to occur? | 90 dB | 100%
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| A measure of how large/severe a wave is. | Amplitude | 100%
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| What type of wave is a Sound Wave? | Compression | 100%
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| What type of wave is a P wave in an earthquake? | Compression | 100%
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| Wave that moves with the medium, also called Longitudinal Waves. | Compression Waves | 100%
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| Energy transmitted by waves causes the medium to go in the same direction. | Constructive Interference | 100%
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| The top of a wave. | Crest | 100%
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| Energy transmitted by wave causes medium to go in opposite directions. | Destructive Interference | 100%
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| When a vibrating object makes another object vibrate (not neccesarily at its natural frequency). | Forced Vibration | 100%
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| Number of Waves per Second, measured in Hz. | Frequency | 100%
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| The line that runs down the middle of a Transverse wave. | Median | 100%
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| The frequency at which an object tends to naturally vibrate. | Natural Frequency | 100%
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| The point at which the crest and trough of a wave meet and cancel out (Zero Amplitude). | Node | 100%
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| Number of Seconds per Wave, measured in Secs. | Period | 100%
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| The brain interpets different frequencies of sounds as different ____. | Pitches | 100%
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| Which do you feel first (Which travels faster)? | P Wave | 100%
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| What is it called when sound waves bounce off an object? (Echo) | Reflection | 100%
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| What is it called when sound waves bend? | Refraction | 100%
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| When the frequency of one object causes another object to vibrate at its natural frequency. | Resonance | 100%
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| Device that measures the severity of earthquakes on a rotating drum. | Seismograph | 100%
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| Which causes more damage? | S Wave | 100%
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| What type of wave is an Ocean Wave? | Transverse | 100%
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| What type of wave is an S wave in an earthquake? | Transverse | 100%
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| Wave that moves perpendicular to the medium. | Transverse Wave | 100%
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| Meathod used to find the epicenter of an earthquake. | Triangulation | 100%
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| The bottom of a wave, looks like a valley. | Trough | 100%
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| A measure of the amplitude of a sound wave is called ____. | Volume | 100%
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| A vibration that carries energy is called a ____. | Wave | 100%
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| How fast a wave moves. | Wave Velocity | 100%
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| When decompression occurs in a Compression wave. | Rarefaction | 50%
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| When one object causes another to vibrate at the same frequency. | Sympathetic Vibration | 0%
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