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Quiz Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Diffraction | the change in direction of a wave when it encounters and obstacle or edge |
| 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 Int | interference that increases amplitude |
| Destructive Int | interference that decrease amplitude |
| Principle of Superposition | method of adding crests and troughs of interfering waves together to describe a new wave |
| Beats | sounds produced by the inference of sound waves that are used to tune piano strings |
| Interference | the combination of two or more wave that results in a single wave |
| Nodes | points in a standing wave that have no vibration due to destructive interference |
| Sound | produced when matter vibrates. Sound travels as a longitudinal wave |
| Pitch | depends on the frequency ( how fats the medium vibrates) of a wave) |
| Infrasonic | a sound that is below the range of human hearing ( less than 20 Hz) |
| Ultrasonic | a sound that is above the range of human hearing ( greater 20,000 Hz) |
| Doppler | a change in frequency/pitch of a sound wave. it is caused by motion between the sound source and receiver |
| Acoustics | the science of sound |