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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Diffraction | the change in direction of a wave when it encounters and obstacle or edge. |
| Reflection | the bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary. |
| Refraction | The bending of a wave as they pass from one medium to another angle. |
| Beats | Sounds produced by the interference of sound waves that are used to tune piano strings . |
| Nodes | points in a standing wave that have no vibration due to destructive interference. |
| Standing Wave | a pattern of vibration the resembles a stationary wave. |
| Interference | the combination of two or more waves that results in a single wave. |
| Principle of Superposition | method of adding crests and troughs of interfering waves together to describe a new wave. |
| Constructive int. | interface that increases amplitude |
| Destructive int. | interference that decreases amplitude |
| sound | produced what it matters |
| pitch | depends on the frequency |
| doppler | effect is a change the frequency/pitch |
| acoustics | science of sound |
| ultrasonic | over 20,000 Hz |
| infrasonic | under 20 Hz |