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Mrs. Robbins Class Chapter 1 & 2 Sound Test Review

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Definition
Pitch   description of a sound as high or low - related to frequency  
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Infrasonic   sound below the range of human hearing (20 Hz)  
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Ultrasonic   Sound above the range of human hearing (20,000 Hz)  
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Sound   A longitudinal wave that is produced when matter vibrates. Anything that vibrates produces sound.  
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Speed of Sound   340 m/sec in room temperature air. Speed of sound is dependent on the medium that sound is traveling through. The medium's temperature, density, and elastic property also affect the speed of sound.  
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Sound travels fastest through...   solids and slowest through gases.  
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Doppler Effect   Change in pitch that occurs when there is motion between the source of its sound and its obsever  
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Intensity   Amount of energy carried by a wave - indicated by amplitude. Higher amplitude = greater intensity. Measured in decibels  
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Wave   Traveling disturbance that carries energy from one place to another  
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Medium   Substance through which a wave travels. (solid, liquid or gas)  
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Mechanical Wave   Wave that requires a medium (ex. sound)  
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Electromagnetic Wave   Wave that consists of electric & magnetic fields and does not requre a medium to exist. (ex. light)  
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Crest   hight point of a wave  
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Trough   low point of a wave  
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Amplitude   Greatest distance from rest of a wave. Indicates the amount of energy carried by a wave. Greater Amplitude = More Energy  
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Wavelength   Distance between two consecutive similar points on a wave. Usually measured from crest to crest or trough to trough.  
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Frequency   Number of waves that pass a certain point in a given amount of time. Measured in Hertz.  
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Hertz   Number of waves per second.  
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Transverse Wave   Wave where particles move up & down when the wave's motion is horizonal. (ex. light)  
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Longitudinal Wave   Wave where particles of the medium move in the same direction that the wave moves. (ex. sound)  
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Compression   space in the medium where the particles are crowded together.  
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Rarefaction   Space in the medium where there are fewer particles  
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Speed Formula   Speed = Frequency x Wavelength  
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Reflection   Bouncing back of waves upon reaching another surface  
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Law of Reflection   States angle of incidence = angle of reflection  
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Refraction   Bending of waves do to a change in speed because of a change of mediums.  
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Diffraction   Bending of waves around the edge of an obstacle.  
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Interference   Interaction of waves that occur at the same place and the same time.  
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Specular Reflection   The bouncing back of waves from a smooth, even surface  
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Diffuse Reflection   The bouncing back of waves from a rough, uneven surface  
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SONAR   technique of using sound waves to measure distance. SOund Navigation And Ranging  
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Ultrasound   technique of measuring reflected sound waves sent into the body  
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Outer Ear   Part of the human ear that funnels sound waves into the ear.  
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Eardrum   Stretched membrane in the ear that vibrates at the same frequency as the sound waves that enter the ear.  
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Middle Ear   Part of the eat that receives vibrations from the eardrum and contains the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup.  
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Inner Ear   Liquid filled portion of the ear thar receives vibrations from the middle ear.  
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Cochlea   Part of the ear that contains hundreds of nerve cells attached to nerve fibers  
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