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SPI Chapter 1-2

The Basic/Sound/Describing Sound Waves

QuestionAnswer
How are the size of a tree and its age related? Directly, when a tree ages its size increases
How are the height of a person and the color of his automobile related? Unrelated, no relations
How is the age of a loaf of bread related to its freshness? Inversely, as the bread ages its freshness decreases
What is the appropriate unit for area? Square
What is the appropriate unit for volume? Cubic
What are measures of length? Mile, Inch, mm, km
List the metric terms in increasing order...? micro, milli, deci, deca, hecto, mega
List the metric terms in decreasing order...? giga, kilo, hecto, centi, micro, nano
How many mL are in 8 Liters? 8,000
How many cm are in 3 meters? 300
How many km are in 3,000 meters? 3
What is the reciprocal of 100 1/100
What is the reciprocal of 1/8? 1/8
How many hertz is 3 MHz? 3,000,000
How many mL are contained in a jar filled with 5 liters of fluid? 5,000
How many liters are contained in 80 mL of fluid 0.080
How much smaller is a hundred than a thousand? A hundred is one-tenth of a thousand
What is in-phase? When peaks occur at the same time and same location
What is out-of-phase? When peaks occur at different time
What is constructive interference? A pair of in-phase waves that results in a single wave with a greater amplitude
What is destructive interference? A pair of out-of phase waves that results in a single wave of a lesser amplitude
Interference of waves with different frequencies are...? both constructive and destructive
What do waves transfer from one location to another? energy
What best describes sound waves? sound waves are a series of compressions and rarefractions
What are variations that identify specific waves as acoustic waves? pressure, density, and acoustic variables
Sound waves are..? acoustic, pressure waves, longitudinal, and move energy
Acoustic parameters are period, frequency and propagation speed
Two waves are traveling in a medium and arrive at a location at the same time. What event takes place? Interference
Which type of waves will exhibit both constructive and destructive interference? waves of different frequency
What units are used to report pressure? Pascals, Pa
Acoustic variable allow us to determine which waves are sound waves and which are not. True
Acoustic parameters are used to describe the features of sound waves. True
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