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Sound travels as what type of wave? LONGITUDINAL
The speed of sound depends on ... DENSITY TEMP ELASTICITY
The speed of sound will travel the fastest in what Fahrenheit temperature? WARMER
The pitch of sound depends on... FREQUENCY
Sounds of frequencies below 20 Hz are called ... INFRASOUND( INFRASONIC)
Sounds of frequencies above 20,000 Hz are called... ULTRASOUND (ULTRASONIC)
Change in frequency of a sound wave due to the motion of an object is called... DOPPLER
What happens to the siren's sound as it is racing towards you? FREQUENCY WILL INCREASE
The intensity of sound is measuring its amount of... ENERGY
The science of sound is called... ACOUSTICS
A wave travels through a medium because... WAVE ENERGY TRAVELS PARTICLE TO PARTICLE
Musical instruments have a certain sound quality or... TIMBRE
Stringed instruments you change the pitch by changing the... LENGTH THICKNESS TIGHTNESS
What system is used to detect objects underwater? SONAR
Waves through water in which intense cleaning takes place uses what process? ULTRASONIC
Process in medicine where they send sound waves through the body to get an image... ULTRASOUND
A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place is called a .. WAVE
The bending of waves due to a change in speed is called... REFRACTION
The bending of waves around the edge of a barrier is known as... DIFFRACTION
The interaction between two waves that meet is called... INTERFERENCE
Waves combine to make a wave with larger amplitude in a process called... CONSTRUCTIVE INT
When an incoming wave combines with a reflected wave in such a way that the combined wave appears to be standing still, the result is a... STANDING WAVE
What occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object’s natural frequency ? RESONANT FREQUENCY
Frequency is measured in units called... Hz
When a wave hits a surface through which it CANNOT pass and bounces back REFLECTION
Waves combine to produce a smaller or zero-amplitude wave DESTRUCTIVE INT
Why do you see lightning from a distant storm before you hear thunder? LIGHTNINGS FASTER
Light waves are what type of wave? ' TRANSVERSE
Electromagnetic waves differ from other waves because they.. CAN TRAVEL IN A VACUUM
The electromagnetic waves with the lowest frequency and the longest wavelength are... RADIO
The Radio waves with the highest frequencies are MICROWAVES
Characteristics of infrared rays CAN’T BE SEEN / FELT AS HEAT / FREQ LOWER THAN RED
Electromagnetic waves with the highest frequencies are GAMMA
The electromagnetic spectrum does not include SOUND WAVES
No the difference between the visible light colors and non visible lower and higher frequencies we can't see, but visible light frequency we can see
The waves responsible for tanning and for vitamin D production are... ULTRAVIOLET
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