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Sound waves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Diffraction | The Change in direction of a wave when it encounters an obstacle |
| Refraction | The bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another at an angle |
| Standing Wave | A pattern of vibration that resembles a stationary wave. |
| Reflection | The bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary |
| Constructive Interference | Interference that increases amplitude |
| Destructive Interference | Interference that decreases amplitude |
| Principal of Superposition | Method of adding crests and troughs of interfering waves together to describe a new wave |
| Beats | Sounds produced by interference of sound waves that are used to tune piano strings |
| Interference | The combination of two or more waves that result in a single wave |
| Nodes | Points in a standing wave that have no vibration due to destructive interference |
| Sound | Sound is a type of energy that travels through a material like air, water, or solids as vibrations |
| Pitch | Makes a sound seem louder or quiet |
| Infrasonic | Infrasonic refers to sound waves that have frequencies below the lower limit of human hearing. |
| Ultrasonic | Ultrasonic refers to sound waves that have a frequency higher than what humans can hear. |
| Doppler | The Doppler effect is when the frequency or wavelength of a wave changes because the source of the wave and the observer are moving relative to each other. |
| Acoustics | Acoustics is the branch of science that studies sound—how it is produced, how it travels, and how it interacts with different materials and environments |