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Chapter 26 sound
Question | Answer |
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Term that refers to how high or low sound frequencies appear to be. | pitch |
Term applied to sound picth too low to be heard by the human ear,that is, below 20 hertz. | infrasonic |
Term applied to sound frequencies above 20,000 hertz, the normal upper limit of human hearing. | ultrasonic |
In sound, a pulse of compressed air; opposite of rarefaction. | compression |
A disturbance in air at which the pressure is lowered. Opposite of compression. | rarefaction |
A frequency at which an elastic object, once energized, will vibrate. Minimum energy is required to continue vibration at that frequency. Also called resonant frequency. | natural frequency |
The vibration of an object that is made to vibrate by another vibrating object that is nearby. The sounding board in a musical instrument amplifies the sound through forced vibration. | forced vibration |
A phenomenon that occurs when the frequency of forced vibrations on an object matches the object's natural frequency, and a dramatic increase in amplitudes result. | resonance |
A periodic variation in the loudness of sound caused by interference when two tones of slightly different frequencies are sounded together. | beats |